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"An American woman is suing Justin Bieber for over $9 million (\u00C2\u00A35.8 million) after a &amp;quot;sound blast&amp;quot; caused permanent damage to her ears. Stacey Wilson Betts accompanied her daughter to Bieber&amp;#039;s show in Portland, Oregon on July 14, 2010.  In the lawsuit, Betts complains that the &amp;quot;heart-shaped aluminum/steel gondola&amp;quot; that lifted Bieber above the audience &amp;quot;created a wave-like effect of screaming by pointing into various sections of the arena&amp;quot;. She blames Bieber, who was on his &amp;#039;My World&amp;#039; tour, for making the noise louder when he &amp;quot;enticed the crowd into a frenzy of screams by continuously waving his arms in a quick and upward motion&amp;quot;. Betts states that she now suffers from tinnitus, an ear condition which leaves a constant sound in the sufferer&amp;#039;s ears making it difficult for them to get to sleep. She is suing the &amp;#039;Boyfriend&amp;#039; singer, his record label, the concert promoter and the arena for $9.23 million (\u00C2\u00A35.96 million) in damages.  Watch Bieber singing aboard the &amp;quot;heart-shaped aluminum/steel gondola&amp;quot; in question:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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