Loud music isn’t the only risk to your ears at a Justin Bieber concert, or so alleges a woman who attended the teen sensation’s show in 2010.
According to a $9.23 million lawsuit brought by Stacey Wilson Betts, her hearing was permanently damaged after taking her daughter to a concert in Portland, Ore., TMZ reports.
But the music wasn’t the problem. Betts claims it was the screaming of Bieber’s fans — and his encouragement of them — that have left her with tinnitus that makes it difficult to sleep.
The suit says Bieber entered a “heart-shaped aluminum/steel gondola,” which is when things got bad. He allegedly “created a wave-like effect of screaming by pointing into various sections of the arena. Then enticed the crowd into a frenzy of screams by continuously waving his arms in a quick and upward motion.”
Bieber, his record label, the concert venue and the concert promoter are named in the suit.
Bieber was recently named to Forbes list of highest paid entertainers under 30, with a reported $55 million in earnings between May 2011 and May 2012.
Do you think Justin should be held responsible for how loud his fans are at his concerts?
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Add a commentAshley
July 18, 2012
10:32 am
Heck no, I went to my first Backstreet Boys concert at 13 with my best friend and my Mom of course, she never complained once, and all we heard was screaming from the nosebleeds, I can’t remember even hearing the concert. My advice to Mom is if you can’t handle the heat of a new age concert, check out Neil Diamond or something. Send someone else with the kids. So if she successfully sues Beiber, should I rally up all the people that were at that Backstreet Boy concert and ask them how their hearing is to date and move forward with a lawsuit? Or maybe the older generation should sue Sir Paul McCartney for their screaming, crying, fainting fans? Gimme a break.
RainbowRay
July 18, 2012
2:23 pm
It’s a good thing that woman never sat in at a “Beatle’s” or “Elvis” concert; she would have completely “stone deaf” right? What an idiot!
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