According to Brian Greenspan, Bieber's lawyer, the singer was "obviously relieved" by the dropping of the case, with the prosecution's attorney noting that it opted to withdraw the charge due to "no reasonable prospect of conviction" after reviewing the case.

The original charge came in January, when the limo driver claimed that the pop star had struck him in the back of the head while inside his limo after he picked up Bieber and an entourage outside a Toronto nightclub early in the morning of Dec. 30.