Gossip: Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber is expected to have to pay a fine of up to $15,000 for trying to sneak his pet capuchin monkey into Germany.
One member of Justin Bieber’s entourage won’t be joining him for the remaining dates of his European tour—his pet capuchin monkey, Mally, who was seized last week by customs officials in Germany. Bieber attempted to sneak his simian companion into the country on his private plane, but was detained by customs in Munich. Mally was quarantined, and Bieber is expected to have to pay a fine of up to $15,000. It’s just the latest instance of bizarre behavior by the 19-year-old singer. In recent weeks, he got into a fight with a photographer, was accused of cursing and spitting at a neighbor in Los Angeles, and then showed up shirtless at airport security in Poland. “He is out of control, and lives in an alternative reality to the rest of us,” a source told The Sun (U.K.).“He seems as fond of Mally as Michael Jackson was of his chimp Bubbles.”
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