Canadian singer Justin Bieber has threatened to take legal action against an anonymous Twitter user that accused him of sexual assault over the weekend.
The account of the user has since been removed from the site.
Under the username Danielle, the person behind the account claimed that she had met a then 20-year-old Bieber at a music event in Austin, after which he had then invited her alongside some friends to his to the Four Seasons hotel. After taking her to a separate room, the woman claimed, Bieber then sexually assaulted her.
“If he comes across this, you know who I am,” Danielle wrote, referring to Bieber. “I know you remember me. I hope your life is hell after this and you drown in guilt.”
Pulling out receipts and emails from the days in question, Bieber denied the allegations. He said that he had been with his then girlfriend, Selena Gomez, at the time.
“What this person did not know was that I attended that show with my then gf Selena Gomez,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Furthermore I stayed with Selena and our friends at an airbnb on the 9th and on the 10th stayed at a Westin because our hotel reservation at LÀ Quinta and not the four seasons was messed up.”
Bieber said he would be working with Twitter to unmask and take legal action against his accuser.
“There is no truth to this story,” he said. “Every claim of sexual abuse should be taken very seriously and this is why my response was needed.
“However this story is factually impossible and that is why I will be working with twitter and authorities to take legal action.” Daily Mast
