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‘Factually Impossible’: Justin Bieber Refutes Assault Claim, Posts Evidence He Says Proves It’s False

John Bickley
‘Factually Impossible’: Justin Bieber Refutes Assault Claim, Posts Evidence He Says Proves It’s False
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A since-deleted statement tweeted out on Saturday by a person identifying herself only as “Danielle” claimed that during the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas on March 9, 2014, pop-star Justin Bieber sexually assaulted her in a Four Seasons hotel room. The next day, Bieber posted a series of tweets forcefully denying the claim and providing evidence he says proves that the allegation is “factually impossible.”

In the since-deleted posts from the since removed @danielleglvn account, the accuser claimed that on March 9, 2014, she was “sexually assaulted by Justin Bieber.” She wrote that Bieber invited her and two friends back to the Four Seasons with him, where things turned sexual in his hotel room. She says she told Bieber “this was going too far and that we should stop because I needed to find my friends, most importantly because I felt guilty about Selena,” in reference to Selena Gomez, Bieber’s then-girlfriend. “He then pulled my underwear down,” Danielle claimed, and sexually assaulted her. She said she attended “multiple therapy sessions” and sought help afterward and was just now coming forward after seeing someone else do the same.

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