Justin Bieber seen urinating into a cup for his drug test in newly released police video from his time in Miami jail
- Miami Judge ordered video footage of Justin Bieber undergoing a drug test be made public with blackout of his private parts
- Police video depicts the star after his arrest in January following his drag racing incident and DUI
- Bieber can be seen in video urinating into a cup for drug test
- The star has plead not guilty to DUI charges but court date for sentencing has yet to be announced
- In addition, the singer is being deposed in a lawsuit filed by a photographer as his bodyguard allegedly choked the pap and stole a camera from him
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Justin Bieber can be seen urinating into a cup in a video just released by the Miami Beach Police Department.
The footage was made public after Judge William Altfield ruled earlier this week that the images were a part of public record as it depicts the star undergoing a drug test following his arrest for a DUI on January 23.
In the clip Bieber can be seen undergoing the drug test as he stands at a urinal while a police officer is nearby observing him urinate into a sanitary container.
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New footage: Just released police video shows Justin Bieber undergoing urine drug test after his DUI arrest in Miami
The freshly turned 20-year-old stands at the receptacle for nearly a minute before he places the container atop the urinal as he appears to affix a lid onto it.
Bieber then appears to ask the officer a question as he leans over the small partition that is low enough to allow both the camera and the officer to observe the drug test, to ensure there is no foul play.
Earlier in the video the black box - which Miami Police edited in - appears before Bieber positions himself in front of the urinal.
Controversial: Censored footage blacks out sensitive portions of the video
Watchful gaze: The Baby singer can be seen attempting to seal his container following the sample delivery
Heading out: After completing the task the star was escorted out of the restroom
The early appearance of the black bar seems to confirm claims made by TMZ that officers had complained of
encountering some difficulties in censoring the footage.
The
release of the footage comes after Judge William Altfield said two of
the five unreleased video clips depict the singer's genitalia during a
urine test for drugs at the Miami Beach Police Department.
Altfield agreed with lawyers for Bieber, who turned 20 on Saturday, that the video's airing would be an invasion of privacy that outweighed the public's right to know.
Giving orders: An officer points Bieber towards the urinal
Sealing it: The now 20-year-old singer can be seen placing a cap on his sanitary container
Wrapping up: After the ordeal the star left the container atop the urinal
'Mr. Bieber's right to privacy is paramount,' the judge said. 'He has not lost his right to privacy, and that is what is important here.'
Attorneys
for The Associated Press and other news outlets had previously
suggested any sensitive portions be blacked out and the rest released
under Florida's liberal open records laws.
Official record: The pop star was made to show his tattoos to police following his arrest in January
Much of the footage was released last week, some of it showing Bieber walking unsteadily during a sobriety test.
Bieber has pleaded not guilty to charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.
He
and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested early on January
23 during what police called an illegal street drag race between a
Lamborghini and a Ferrari.
Neither has been charged with drag racing.
Bieber attorney Roy Black said he was satisfied with the ruling, as did media attorneys.
AP attorney Deanna Shullman said the news organization would never show Bieber's private parts and Scott Ponce, representing The Miami Herald and CBS television stations, said the ruling was more about protecting the singer from random releases on the Internet.
'It's more about what someone in the private sector might do,' Ponce said.
Black
said the three clips to be released without redaction are shot from an
angle that is too far away to discern what is going on.
Prosecutors said they will release all five remaining clips in a few days, after the court-ordered redactions are completed.
Additionally, a video showing the Baby singer led by a guard while in jail to undergo his urine drug test has also been released.
Separately, the Miami Beach Police Department made public a new batch of 18 still photos taken shortly after Bieber's arrest, mainly close-ups of his many tattoos - a praying Jesus, a grinning joker's face accompanied by the word 'love,' an Indian chief's head, a Psalms quotation, and more - and one full-length picture of the singer.
Controversial: A police video of Bieber being escorted to his drug test in Miami following his arrest in January has just been made public
Right to privacy: The Miami judge did rule to blackout the star's genitals for the public version of the video
Evidence released previously showed that a breath test found Bieber's blood-alcohol level below the .02 threshold considered intoxicated for underage drivers.
The urine test found the presence of the active ingredient in marijuana and the antianxiety drug Xanax. Bieber told officers he had been smoking marijuana before his arrest, according to police reports.
A trial date has not been set. Altfield set another status conference for next week in the case.
Awaiting trial: Bieber has plead not guilty to charges stemming from his January 23 arrest
Booked: Bieber pictured in his mug shot
Miami deposition: Bieber is being sued by photographer in assault and theft case
Bieber is also entangled in another legal battle as he is being sued for battery by Miami photographer Jeffrey Binion.
The snapper claims one of Bieber's bodyguards 'choked him and stole his camera equipement' according to TMZ.
Binion's suit claims that the singer masterminded the attack last June outside of a recording studio in Miami.
The pop star has already been deposed in the case and the hearing promises to be quite extensive as it will also question Bieber about his most recent encounter in Atlanta with another photographer whose camera was allegedly stolen by an entourage member.
Deposed: Bieber seen arriving at a Miami court for a lawsuit filed against him stemming from an assault and theft case from last June
Departure: The star hugged his arms around his chest as he left the courthouse
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Danii, New York, 3 hours ago
Bieber is the Lief Garrett of 2014..................he'll be working as a janitor in 5 years. We've seen this story many times before.