Justin Bieber has had a lawsuit filed against him by a photographer who claims that the star delivered a “martial arts type” kick to his rib cage.

Jose Osmin Hernandez Duran claims that the incident happened as he was trying to photograph Bieber and his then-girlfriend Selena Gomez as they were leaving a shopping centre in California last year.

Bieber apparently became angry because he could not manoeuvre his Mercedes out of the car park because of a group of Paparazzi who had gathered there.

The singer allegedly jumped out of his car and started attacking Duran causing damage to his rib cage.

It is unlikely that Bieber will be prosecuted after prosecutor Mara McIlvain claimed there was "insufficient evidence for proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Bieber commited the crime.

Her claim is supported by the fact that there would have been a lot of photographers around at the time but there are apparently no photos documenting the incident.

This isn't the first time that Bieber has been threatened with legal action after he was allegedly caught speeding around his gated community at 100mph in his sports car.