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"Justin Bieber is being sued for assault and battery following an altercation with a photographer last year. Bieber and his then-girlfriend Selena Gomez were swarmed by paparazzi in the May 2012 incident, which allegedly saw Jose Osmin Hernandez Duran being treated for &amp;quot;an apparent strike to the face&amp;quot;.  The police eventually decided not to pursue the matter, but Duran has now filed a lawsuit, E! News reports. In court documents, Duran - who says he is suing for assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence - lists Bieber&amp;#039;s recent troubles and says that he has &amp;quot;demonstrated serious and worsening problems with aggression, anger management, violence and unlawful conduct&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;These issues have manifested in increasingly extreme, troubling and dangerous episodes, often including a lack of respect for the law and the rights of others,&amp;quot; Duran adds. Referring to the May altercation, Duran claimed that Bieber &amp;quot;had trouble&amp;quot; pulling out of his parking space and leaned out of his vehicle to shout: &amp;quot;F**k off! Get out of the way!&amp;quot;  He allegedly then &amp;quot;leapt out&amp;quot; of the car and &amp;quot;sprinted as fast as he could&amp;quot; towards Duran, before delivering &amp;quot;a martial arts-type kick, using his right foot to strike [him] in the lower rib cage on the left side of his abdomen&amp;quot;. Duran also claimed that Bieber &amp;quot;used his left fist to punch [him] hard&amp;quot; and then &amp;quot;pushed&amp;quot; him against a parked car. Duran adds in the documents that Gomez and a middle-aged woman who was watching intervened and urged Bieber to stop, before Bieber &amp;quot;recklessly sped away at a high and unsafe rate of speed&amp;quot;. The couple reportedly returned so that Gomez could find her cell phone, at which point she allegedly apologised to Duran by saying: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry, I don&amp;#039;t know why he did that.&amp;quot; Bieber&amp;#039;s attorney reportedly poured scorn on the allegations, telling E! News: &amp;quot;Seriously?&amp;quot; Duran, who has asked for a jury trial, is suing for unspecified damages. Photo gallery - Bieber&amp;#039;s bad boy antics:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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