--- description: Charges stemmed from August 2014 arrest in Ontario. title: Justin Bieber Pleads Guilty to Assault and Careless Driving image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42f2127eb5e4406e/6988532606f2c1bba033a826/justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Justin Bieber Pleads Guilty to Assault and Careless Driving by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2015 10:49 PM CUT  Justin Bieber arrives at Wango Tango 2015 held at StubHub Center on May 9, 2015, in Carson, Calif. Justin Bieber arrives at Wango Tango 2015 held at StubHub Center on May 9, 2015, in Carson, Calif.Richard Shotwell—Invision/AP by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2015 10:49 PM CUT Justin Bieber has pleaded guilty to charges of careless driving and assault stemming from [his August 2014 arrest in Ontario](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/02/justin-bieber-charges-assault "undefined"), the province’s Ministry of the Attorney General confirmed to EW on Thursday. Bieber was involved in a collision between a minivan and ATV on Aug. 29 of last year that eventually resulted in a physical altercation between him and the other driver. At the time, Bieber’s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, [released a statement](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/02/justin-bieber-charges-assault "undefined") that said his client’s weekend “was unfortunately disrupted by the unwelcome presence of paparazzi.” “This has regrettably resulted in charges of dangerous driving and assault,” he said. According to Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General, Bieber “pleaded guilty and received an absolute discharge” to the dangerous driving charge and “pleaded guilty and received a $750 fine” to the careless driving charge when he appeared before the judge by video (he was in Los Angeles; the judge was in Ontario) Thursday. “All the sudden there were cameras and he reacted badly to it,” Greenspan told EW of the incident, “and he acknowledged what he did.” He went on to add that Thursday’s court appearance was “all really quite routine and very respectful.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/04/justin-bieber-guilty-ontario "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3910187/justin-bieber-pleads-guilty-ontario/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3910187/justin-bieber-pleads-guilty-ontario/"},"headline":"Justin Bieber Pleads Guilty to Assault and Careless Driving","datePublished":"2015-06-04T22:49:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:56:23.374Z","description":"\"He acknowledged what he did\"","url":"https://time.com/3910187/justin-bieber-pleads-guilty-ontario/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42f2127eb5e4406e/6988532606f2c1bba033a826/justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42f2127eb5e4406e/6988532606f2c1bba033a826/justin-bieber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Bieber arrives at Wango Tango 2015 held at StubHub Center on May 9, 2015, in Carson, Calif.","caption":"Justin Bieber arrives at Wango Tango 2015 held at StubHub Center on May 9, 2015, in Carson, Calif.","creditText":"Richard Shotwell—Invision/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/3910187/justin-bieber-pleads-guilty-ontario/","name":"Justin Bieber Pleads Guilty to Assault and Careless Driving"}}]}] ```