Justin Bieber doesn’t have a rose-colored life as we thought he has.
Based on Star magazine’s report, before Justin Bieber made it big on YouTube, his parents, Pattie Mallette and Jeremy Bieber, were involved in a custody battle.
Legal documents discovered by the tabloid showed that, Justin’s mom, Pattie – who was just 17 when she got pregnant – and Jeremy Bieber, 19 years old then, tried to live together when Justin was just 2 months old, “but ultimately those efforts failed” after four months, she said.
An awful custody battle followed – wherein Pattie revealed what she called were Jeremy’s ‘demons,’ including his history of ‘criminal activity.’ These claims were proven true by local records of Jeremy’s multiple arrests and jail time for “assault causing bodily harm” and “breach of probation.”
According to Star:
Pattie was given custody in May 1995 and allowed Jeremy time with their son. But when he went to court in December 1996 to ask for increased visitation and overnight stays with Justin, Pattie went on the offensive. Overnight visitation was “inappropriate,” she alleged in the court papers, because Jeremy was dealing with “uncontrolled violent behavior” and “alcohol and drug abuse.”
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