An Argentine judge issued a warrant for Justin Bieber's arrest on Friday after the Canadian singer failed to respond to a summons in his 2013 nightclub assault case.
Bieber, 21, is accused of ordering his bodyguards to attack local photographer Diego Pesoa at a Buenos Aires club in 2013.
Judge Alberto Julio Banos has ordered the "immediate detention" of Bieber and his bodyguards Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls if they set foot in the country, according to Reuters.
The Associated Press reports that the star could face one month to six years in prison if convicted.
"Now we just need to wait for the police to find him and bring him [to Argentina]," lawyer Matias Morla said, according to the AP. "For us, this is a triumph against all those who said this case was a bluff and that we didn't have anything."
Bieber apologized for his past misbehavior during his recent Comedy Central roast.
"There was really no preparing me for this life," he said. "I was thrown into this at 12 years old and didn't really know what I was getting into. There's been moments I'm really proud of, and moments I'm pretty disappointed in myself for."
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