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"&lt;img alt=\"0110_justin_bieber_02\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/10/0110-justin-bieber-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin Bieber&lt;/strong&gt; beat the crap out of one of his Israeli bodyguards ... and berated the former soldier after a disagreement ... this according to a new lawsuit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biebs -- who's 5'7\" and MAYBE 130 lbs -- is being sued by &lt;strong&gt;Moshe Benabou&lt;/strong&gt;, an ex-member of the Israeli army. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Benabou -- who claims he worked for the singer from March 2011 to Oct. 2012 --&amp;#160; JB berated him and punched him in the chest multiple times during a disagreement about how to handle a member of Bieber's entourage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benabou is seeking unspecified damages for assault and battery -- and more than $420,000 in unpaid overtime. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But sources in Bieber's camp tell TMZ ... Moshe is nothing more than a \"disgruntled employee looking for money.\" They say the claim that Bieber struck him is \"absurd.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for why Moshe was fired, our sources say he told multiple lies including a big one -- that he had worked closely with Justin Timberlake before being hired by Bieber. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sources say it was discovered that he never worked for JT a day in his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may recall, Benabou was the guy who got into&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/06/justin-bieber-bodyguard-paparazzi-fight-video/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; a physical confrontation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with a photog at LAX back in February. After a brief struggle, both men fell to the ground ... and Benabou landed a pretty solid punch while the pap was being restrained by another person.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nonetheless, sources say Justin and company think Moshe is a \"good guy\" and would like to have a good relationship with him."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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