Justin Bieber Sued By The Man He Brawled With In Cleveland In 2016 - But The Singer's Team Is Calling It A 'Smear Tactic'!

Two years after he brawled with a guy in Cleveland, Justin Bieber is getting hit again — with a lawsuit!
Rodney Tobias Cannon filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, claiming he was introduced to the superstar at the Westin Hotel in June 2016 after Game 3 of the NBA Finals when Bieber “suddenly became irate” after Cannon took a photo of him.
The suit alleges that after the picture was taken, the singer started “aggressively threatening harm to Plaintiff if the photograph was not deleted” — threats, he claims, “included the use of racial epithets.”
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The Cleveland-native tried to walk away from the situation but Bieber allegedly grabbed his shirt, the suit claims, “at which time Defendant Bieber then struck Plaintiff Cannon with his fist, making harmful contact with Plaintiff’s face, head and body.”
Cannon, a 6’5 man, was easily able to subdue the lithe singer — but that’s when the brawl broke out, and Cannon says he was “struck in the back of the head” by an unidentified defendant he thinks is part of Bieber’s security team.
Bieber’s opponent claims he briefly lost consciousness during the brawl and has “sustained injuries to his face, head and back” which have caused “great mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering.” He is seeking unspecified damages.
The Canadian crooner’s manager Scooter Braun called Cannon’s claims “completely false and a fabrication from a man who tried to push for money for the last several years.”
Braun also denied JB said anything racist, telling TMZ he’s disgusted the plaintiff is bringing race into the situation. He added: