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Las Vegas police say pop star ‘committed a battery’

Story at a glance

  • Singer Jason Derulo, 32, was seen in handcuffs in Las Vegas at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning.
  • Footage caught the singer in a physical altercation with two men.
  • Derulo was removed from the property, but he was not arrested or charged.

Singer Jason Derulo, 32, was seen in handcuffs in Las Vegas at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning.

(Axel Schmidt/Pool Photo via Associated Press, File)


TMZ first reported the footage, showing Derulo in an altercation with two men outside the Aria resort after the outlet claims the men taunted him and called him Usher, the renowned R&B singer.


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“Hey, Usher! F— you, b—-!!!” one of the men can be heard saying.

The Las Vegas Police Department told the Las Vegas Sun that Derulo “committed a battery against two individuals.” However, no injuries were reported and the two men didn’t press charges.

Derulo wasn’t arrested, despite the footage of him being cuffed, but rather removed from the resort’s property.

Derulo hasn’t commented on the alleged altercation at this time.


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