No Bieber but plenty of ‘Bieliebers’ at Toronto court proceeding for pop star

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Justin Bieber\'s lawyer Brian Greenspan talks to media outside court as Bieber fans look on in Toronto on Monday March 10, 2014. The pop star faces assault charges relating to an alleged incident involving a limo driver in December of last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

TORONTO – Justin Bieber didn’t attend a court proceeding related to an assault charge he faces in Toronto, but that didn’t prevent his fans from showing up anyway.

About a dozen young women gathered at a downtown courthouse hoping the Canadian pop sensation would at least be looped in via a video link — although that didn’t happen either.

Instead a subsequent hearing was set for April 14 — another proceeding Bieber isn’t obliged to attend in person.

Police allege Bieber hit a limousine driver several times in the back of the head after he and five others were picked up by a limo in the early hours of December 30th.

Bieber turned himself in to Toronto police in January to face the charge, drawing a crowd of jostling journalists and deliriously screaming fans.

The 19-year-old Stratford, Ont., native was charged with one count of assault and spent about two hours in the station before slipping out a back exit.

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