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A lawyer for photographer Jeffrey Binion declined to comment
further and wouldn't say when the agreement was reached or if it
involved a financial settlement.
The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County circuit court, dates
back to a 2013 run-in between Binion and Bieber outside a
Miami-area recording studio. Binion claimed he was attacked by
Bieber's bodyguards after snapping a picture of the singer.
In recent months lengthy attempts at mediation between the two
ended in an impasse, said Binion's lawyer, Mark DiCowden.
Bieber's lawyer, Jeremiah Reynolds, confirmed that the two had
settled the matter.
The Canadian singer, who frequently makes headlines due to his
party-intense lifestyle, is also being sued by another Florida
photographer, Manuel Muñoz, who took a picture of him leaving a
South Beach nightclub in January 2014.
Muñoz, in a May 2014 lawsuit, alleged Bieber's bodyguards chased
him down a busy tourist street and into a shop where they locked
him inside, beat him up and smashed his camera. He is seeking
unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.
Reynolds declined to comment on the Muñoz lawsuit.
The incident took place on the same night that Bieber was
arrested by Miami Beach police for allegedly racing a
Lamborghini on the city's streets.
Bieber struck a deal last August with prosecutors in which he
pleaded guilty to careless driving and resisting an officer
without violence. He made a $50,000 donation to a children's
charity and agreed to attend a 12-hour anger management course.
(Editing by David Adams and Sandra Maler)
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