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Argentine judge orders arrest warrant for Justin Bieber related to 2013 nightclub incident

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FILE - In this May 11, 2014 file photo, Justin Bieber attends Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series with his mother Pattie Mallette, second from left, in Los Angeles. In a resolution released Friday, April 10, 2015, an Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Bieber, saying the singer failed to respond to summons related to a 2013 incident in Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Justin Bieber, saying the singer failed to respond to summons related to a 2013 incident in Buenos Aires.

In a resolution released Friday, Judge Alberto Julio Banos ordered the “immediate detention” of Bieber and bodyguards Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls.

Bieber is accused of sending the bodyguards to attack photographer Diego Pesoa outside a Buenos Aires nightclub. Bieber never returned to Argentina to respond to questions about the incident.

Under Argentine law, Bieber would face from one month to six years in prison if convicted on a charge of causing injuries.

The warrant did not specify whether it extended beyond Argentina.

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