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    Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Him
    Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Him
    Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Him
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    As the sun rose over the tropical paradise of Panama on Jan. 25, 2014 Justin Bieber sat in
    the sharp morning light pondering his life.
    The young superstar was one of the best-known people on the planet. A veritable pop hit
    machine worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
    He would not even be 20 for another two months.
    Yet his shocking arrest just days before in Miami Beach for drag racing, driving under the
    influence and resisting arrest seemed to signal a turning point.
    For most of the previous two years, Justin had glided from one scrape to the next but his
    Teflon-coated reputation always emerged intact. A wink or aw shucks smile could will
    the critics away.
    But Justin’s bad behavior was escalating. His mother, Pattie Mallette, manager Scooter
    Braun, mentor Usher and scores of others were beginning to fear the young pop star was
    heading down a very dangerous road.
    In music history, that drug- and alcohol-littered laneway was tragically well known.
    It included names like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison and
    countless others. That unfortunate group was also known coldly as the 27 Club – the age
    the stars died at.
    Those closest to Bieber were ready and willing to do anything to prevent him from
    becoming a rock and roll casualty.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    ISBN9781483531717
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      CHAPTER 1

      MELTDOWN IN MIAMI

      As the sun rose over the tropical paradise of Panama on Jan. 25, 2014 Justin Bieber sat in the sharp morning light pondering his life.

      The young superstar was one of the best-known people on the planet. A veritable pop hit machine worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

      He would not even be 20 for another two months.

      Yet his shocking arrest just days before in Miami Beach for drag racing, driving under the influence and resisting arrest seemed to signal a turning point.

      For most of the previous two years, Justin had glided from one scrape to the next but his Teflon-coated reputation always emerged intact. A wink or aw shucks smile could will the critics away.

      But Justin’s bad behavior was escalating. His mother, Pattie Mallette, manager Scooter Braun, mentor Usher and scores of others were beginning to fear the young pop star was heading down a very dangerous road.

      In music history, that drug- and alcohol-littered laneway was tragically well known.

      It included names like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison and countless others. That unfortunate group was also known coldly as the 27 Club – the age the stars died at.

      Those closest to Bieber were ready and willing to do anything to prevent him from becoming a rock and roll casualty.

      They did not want him lying on a slab in the morgue, a toe tag being the only thing that could identify who he was – and who he had once been.

      For weeks, the walls had seemed to be closing on him. Everywhere Justin turned, there was trouble of one kind or another.

      Cops in California found drugs in his posh Calabasas playpen two weeks before after a juvenile egg-throwing incident. While Justin would likely skate on vandalism charges, one of his hangers-on, Lil Za, was unlikely to be so lucky.

      Things were getting so hot in southern California that Justin decided to take a break with some pals, and his father, Jeremy Bieber, in sunny Miami Beach.

      Justin had always loved the scene in Miami, a childhood friend said. It was a lot wilder and there fewer eyes watching what he was up to. There were paps but it was nothing like Los Angeles.

      At the King of Diamonds strip joint on NE 5th Avenue on Jan. 21, Bieber helped rapper Lil Scrappy celebrate his birthday in style.

      The naked women roaming the club were quite happy too as the Baby singer spread the love to the tune of $75,000 in singles for their raunchy antics.

      Bieber and company, including his pal rapper Khalil Sharief, 19, had hunkered down at a posh beige palazzo in Miami Beach. This was to be party central, a headquarters of hedonism in the tropical metropolis.

      There, with his 38-year-old father, posse of pals and army of hangers-on, Justin was intent on having some big fun.

      And tossing out the rulebook.

      After reportedly smoking marijuana all day, Bieber and company hit the popular SET nightclub in South Beach. That went well with another long-festering rumor: Justin was spending more than $5,000 a week on pot.

      In addition to the reefer, Justin was also taking anti-anxiety drugs his mother had admitted giving him. The pills were to calm his rattled nerves.

      It was clear to everyone in his ever-expanding orbit that the pressure of being the biggest pop star on the planet was starting to get the better of him.

      In Stratford, Ontario, where he grew up, old friends were also becoming increasingly alarmed. They had watched anxiously as Justin’s disastrous 2013 went from bad to worse.

      And nearly all of them blamed Jeremy Bieber. To them, Jeremy was wielding too much influence over Justin – who, more than anything wanted to please his father.

      Jeremy likes the money, the fame, the travel, the lifestyle... he’s more interested in being Justin’s buddy than his father, a longtime friend said. "He’s not going to tell Justin that something is wrong or that he should think twice before doing something stupid. Jeremy isn’t going to do anything that’s going to wreck his relationship with Justin or cause problems.

      That would be killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

      As Jeremy’s star was rising in Justin’s eyes, his mother was being shunted aside in favor of his party-hardy pater.

      Before Justin hit the big time, Jeremy lived across the country in Winnipeg. When the dollars began rolling in, so did Jeremy. Justin bought him buildings, cars and an $850,000 mansion outside Stratford. It was nice work.

      Not surprisingly, it was reportedly Jeremy who closed off the quiet Miami Beach street so his son, driving a yellow Lamborghini and Sharief, driving a red Ferrari, could have an impromptu drag race.

      When cops busted the duo, they said they were going up to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone.

      His father was the one who was helping clear the street so Justin could race his Lamborghini, a source told the Daily Mail. Jeremy was in an SUV next to Justin when the cops turned up.

      Justin admitted he had been puffing on pot all day, as well as taking the anti-anxiety meds his mom had given him.

      He also copped to drinking one beer.

      Also present in the chaos was party girl Chantel Jeffries, who had become Justin’s girlfriend du jour in Miami. The perma-tanned brunette – who claimed to be a model but really didn’t appear to do much of anything – was his constant companion during those days.

      But if Justin was looking to make friends with the police in Miami, he went about it all wrong. Using the F-word repeatedly, he lashed out at the arresting cop, demanding to know: Why did you stop me? Why the fuck are you doing this?

      Justin continued: I ain’t got no fucking weapons, why do you have to search me? What the fuck is this about?

      Then, the Believe star began physically resisting arrest.

      By now the damage was done as news of the singer’s latest stupid stumble spread around the globe like lightning.

      One of the millions watching the drama unfold in Miami Beach was Justin’s producer, mentor and friend Scooter Braun, who had discovered the singer when he was nothing but a precocious talent from a small town in Canada.

      Braun is a smart, tough businessman but his concern for his prize act went beyond money and fame.

      Scooter was worried to death, a member of the Atlanta-based producer’s camp said. He sees Justin as a little brother and he’s terrified that he’s throwing it all away with bad choices and surrounding himself with yes men. And that includes Jeremy. Scooter does not like him at all. He thinks he’s just a loudmouthed knucklehead.

      For Braun, who had groomed Justin from childhood with a great deal of care, the influence of Jeremy and the other rap yahoos who hung out at the Calabasas mansion was galling.

      He was deeply concerned, professionally – and personally.

      Bieber had not only reportedly taken to smoking large quantities of marijuana, he had also allegedly developed a taste for sizzurp, cough syrup mixed with soda and a favorite of his rapping posse.

      Braun had desperately been trying to get Justin to go to rehab to clean himself up and take a break from the relentless partying that had dominated the previous 12 months of his life.

      But the music executive’s overtures were ignored.

      After the arrest in Miami, Justin went incommunicado and refused to talk to Braun, instead leaning on his father for advice – the man who continued partying with him even after his arrest.

      Braun had even initiated an action plan to save the singer.

      A private plane was on standby [in Miami] all day on Thursday, a Braun source told the Daily Mail. It was really disappointing that he never got on it. Justin needs to get help now.

      Braun had even messaged Justin that he needed to address the Miami Beach debacle pronto but the singer flat-out refused – with the encouragement of his father.

      They want him to get help and he doesn’t want to get help so Justin is just avoiding his entire team, a source said during the dark days in Miami.

      He’s being defiant and not listening. His team is insisting he goes to rehab and he’s not doing it. He just keeps partying. He is not communicating with anyone besides his dad and his rapper friends.

      In the hours after his release from jail in Miami, Justin was photographed drinking beer with Jeremy.

      With more than 100 million records sold thanks to Braun’s genius, it stands to reason that it should be the studio whiz Bieber would be listening too – not his father.

      It’s fair to say that Jeremy is not a great influence – he certainly enjoys and takes advantage of his son’s money and lifestyle, a source said. "Scooter has been trying to get Justin help for weeks but no one’s helping. People care about Justin but we

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