Published 10:04 IST, June 22nd 2020

Justin Bieber presents 'facts' refuting allegations of sexual assault; mulls legal action

In a series of tweets, Justin Bieber has substantiated his claim that the alleged sexual assault never took place and stated that he plans to take legal action.

Reported by: Urvashi Kandpal
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Justin Bieber, in a series of tweets, has denied claims of sexual assault by a woman named Danielle and substantiated his claim with proof of his whereabouts on night in question. Allegations of unwanted sexual assault have been made against Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber by two women who've narrated ir accounts of ir encounters with him on Twitter on Saturday, June 20. Bieber has responded to se allegations on social media saying re is ' truth' in se 'factually impossible' claims and detailing his defense.

"I don’t rmally address things as I have dealt with random accusations my entire career but after talking with my wife and team I have decided to speak up on an issue tonight," Bieber, married to model Hailey Baldwin wrote on his own Twitter account on Sunday night. He added, "Rumors are rumors but sexual abuse is something I don’t take lightly... I wanted to speak out right away but out of respect to so many victims who deal with se issues daily I wanted to make sure I gared facts before I made any statement."

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woman named Danielle, who tweeted from an anymous account, claimed that she was sexually assaulted by Justin Bieber at a hotel in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 2014 after a concert. said account has been removed from Twitter shortly after Bieber took charge of  situation by publicly defending himself on Twitter.

Justin said, "In past 24 hours a new Twitter appeared that told a story of myself involved with sexual abuse on March 9, 2014 in Austin Texas at Four seasons hotel. I want to be clear. re is truth to this story. In fact as I will soon show I was never present at that location... As her story told I did surprise a crowd in Austin at Sxsw where I appeared on st with my n assistant side st and sang a few songs. What this person did t kw was that I attended that show with my n gf Selena Gomez."

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He said he did t stay at Four Seasons, location of alleged incident, but spent night of March 9, 2014, at an Airbnb and March 10, 2014, at ar hotel. Bieber posted links to news articles, as well as social media photos and screenshots of emails and lodging receipts, from time period in question.

"Every claim of sexual abuse should be taken very seriously and this is why my response was needed. However this story is factually impossible and that is why I will be working with twitter and authorities to take legal action," Bieber wrote.

Have a look at Bieber's clarification tweets:

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10:04 IST, June 22nd 2020