Toronto’s mayor defends Justin Bieber

By Rob Gillies

Published January 30, 2014 8:53pm ET

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Toronto’s mayor defends Justin Bieber — Canadian musician Justin Bieber is swarmed by media and police officers as he turns himself into city police for an expected assault charge, in Toronto, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. A police official said the charge has to do with an alleged assault on a limo driver in December. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) | Nathan Denette

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s favorite black sheep, Mayor Rob Ford, is rising to the defense of fellow Canadian Justin Bieber, who has recently been in the headlines for the wrong reasons.

Bieber was charged with assault Wednesday for allegedly hitting a Toronto limousine driver several times in the back of the head in an incident last month. The news broke a mere few hours after the teenage pop star’s attorney entered a separate not guilty plea in Florida to drunken-driving and other charges.

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