Justin Bieber's Bodyguard Tussles With Photographer at LAX

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Don't you know that messing with the Biebs means messing with the whole posse?!

Justin Bieber was reportedly trying to leave Los Angeles International Airport today when an aggressive photographer refused to get out of the way.

That's when Bieber's bodyguard did what he does bestprotecting the Biebs.

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Los Angeles Airport Police told E! News in a statement, "Today at approximately 2:15 p.m., Los Angeles Airport Police observed what appeared to be a crowd control incident at Terminal 4 on the upper departures level involving Justin Bieber. An investigation revealed an altercation occurred between an unnamed body guard (victim) and a photographer (paparazzi) at the location."

The photographer was ultimately taken away by police.

"Twenty-one-year-old Alex Portillo, the photographer, a resident of Van Nuys, Calif., was arrested and transported to the Airport Police Station for pre-booking procedures. He was later transported to the LAPD Pacific Division Jail and booked for California Penal Code Section 245Assault with a Deadly Weapona felony."

Thank goodness our little Belieber is OK.

Reporting by Holly Passalaqua

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