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Media outlets ask Florida judge to permit release of Bieber post-arrest video

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FILE - These Jan. 23, 2014 police booking mugs made available by the Miami Dade County Corrections Department show pop star Justin Bieber. The Associated Press and other media outlets are urging a judge to grant access to police videos made shortly after singer Justin Bieber’s arrest in January. The news organizations said in a motion filed Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Miami-Dade County court that the 19-year-old pop singer has no legal basis to prevent their release. Nine videos were made at the Miami Beach police station after Bieber was booked Jan. 23. One was previously released. Bieber’s attorneys have asked a judge to allow them to review the others before their potential release. A hearing is scheduled Thursday on the matter. (AP Photo/Miami Dade County Jail)

MIAMI – A South Florida judge is holding a hearing on a motion by The Associated Press and other media outlets seeking the release of police videos made shortly after Justin Bieber’s recent arrest.

Bieber’s lawyers want a Miami-Dade County judge to prevent the release of the videos until his lawyers can review them for potentially inappropriate material.

The AP and other media say there is no legal basis to withhold videos of the 19-year-old Canadian pop singer taken at a Miami Beach police station after his Jan. 23 arrest.

Both sides will argue their cases at a hearing today.

Bieber has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired licence.

Police say he and singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were involved in an illegal street drag race.

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