TORONTO — Justin Bieber needs an intervention, the head of his record label has reportedly admitted.
“I’m very concerned about him. I’ve been concerned about him for many months,” said Lucian Grainge, chair of Universal Music Group, according to the Daily Mail.
“This has nothing to do with the business or records or releases. This is to do with the young man.”
Bieber, 19, was arrested in Miami Beach on Jan. 23 and charged with DUI, resisting arrest without violence and driving with an expire license. Released later in the day on $2,500 bond, he flew to Panama.
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Investigators are awaiting the results of urine tests to determine if Bieber had drugs in his system at the time of his arrest. According to police he was not drunk, blowing a .014 and .011 — well below the .02 limit for drivers under 21 in Florida.
The arrest came after months of headline-making behaviour, including allegations he egged a neighbour’s house.
The Daily Mail quoted Grainge saying: “He needs help. He needs an intervention. We are going to give all the support as a company to take as much pressure off him so he can look forward.”
Grainge reportedly added: “Hopefully, we will all get through to him. But what people don’t understand is, he’s a 19-year-old. You cannot just pick someone up and force them to do something if they are not ready.”
Another UK tabloid, The Sun, claimed on Monday that Bieber has an $8,000-a-week drug habit that includes marijuana and prescription medications Xanax and Ambien.
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The Sun said Scott “Scooter” Braun and pop star Raymond Usher — co-owners of the media company to which Bieber is signed — are in Panama hoping to convince Bieber to enter rehab.
According to the Daily Mail, Grainge said Bieber has “issues” that need to be addressed.
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