--- title: Justin Bieber: Miami DUI Case Won't Result in Jail description: Justin Bieber will not do jail time for engaging in what looked like an illegal drag race through Miami this past winter. canonical: https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-13T04:48:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:38:22.228Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Justin Bieber: Miami DUI Case Won't Result in Jail og:description: Justin Bieber will not do jail time for engaging in what looked like an illegal drag race through Miami this past winter. og:url: https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba75de595d0e6182/69869f5013c79f8eea193700/justin-bieber-arrest_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Justin Bieber og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justin Bieber: Miami DUI Case Won't Result in Jail twitter:description: Justin Bieber will not do jail time for engaging in what looked like an illegal drag race through Miami this past winter. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba75de595d0e6182/69869f5013c79f8eea193700/justin-bieber-arrest_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Justin Bieber Won't Go to Jail on That Miami DUI Charge ## Video: Justin Bieber Arrested For DUI, Drag Racing [Watch (HLS stream): Justin Bieber Arrested For DUI, Drag Racing](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2y3qAi50.m3u8) (1:04)  _Published 2014-01-23. Justin Bieber is arrested in Miami in the early hours of Thursday morning for suspicion of DUI and drag racing._ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Aug 13, 2014 4:48 AM UTC  This Jan. 23, 2014 file photo made available by the Miami Beach Police Dept., shows Justin Bieber at the police station in Miami Beach, Fla. This Jan. 23, 2014 file photo made available by the Miami Beach Police Dept., shows Justin Bieber at the police station in Miami Beach, Fla.AP by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Aug 13, 2014 4:48 AM UTC Justin Bieber is [basically off the hook](http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/justin-bieber-will-not-serve-jail-time-in-dui-case-1201281699/) for engaging in what looked like an illegal drag race through Miami this past winter. On Wednesday, he will plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges — careless driving and resisting arrest without violence — as part of a court deal to avoid the initial driving-under-the-influence charge that could have yielded more serious legal consequences. He won’t be serving any jail time, to the relief of Beliebers everywhere. Instead, he’ll make a charitable donation of $50,000 and take an anger-management course, _Variety_ reports. Police in Miami Beach pulled him over after midnight on Jan. 23 for [driving at excessive speeds](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556075/Justin-Bieber-clocked-going-108-mph-136-mph-night-busted-Miam.html) — as fast as 130 m.p.h. at one point — in a rented Lamborghini. Reports say he had marijuana and Xanax in his system at the time. Bieber has had his fair deal of legal trouble recently. Last month, he paid more than $80,000 in damages after egging a neighbor’s house in Los Angeles. In his hometown of Toronto, meanwhile, he faces charges of assaulting a limo driver last December, though his attorneys — who will appear in his stead in court on Wednesday — insist he’s innocent. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/"},"headline":"Justin Bieber Won't Go to Jail on That Miami DUI Charge","datePublished":"2014-08-13T04:48:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:38:22.228Z","description":"But he's not out of legal hot water yet","url":"https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/","keywords":["celebrities","dui","Justin Bieber","Miami"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba75de595d0e6182/69869f5013c79f8eea193700/justin-bieber-arrest_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba75de595d0e6182/69869f5013c79f8eea193700/justin-bieber-arrest_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Bieber","caption":"Justin Bieber","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/","name":"Justin Bieber Won't Go to Jail on That Miami DUI Charge"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Justin Bieber Arrested For DUI, Drag Racing","description":"Justin Bieber is arrested in Miami in the early hours of Thursday morning for suspicion of DUI and drag racing.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2y3qAi50/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-23T14:31:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2y3qAi50.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/","duration":"PT1M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3106414/justin-bieber-jail-dui-miami/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```