There’s No Smoke Without Fire – Party Boy Bieber Get’s Caught In The Act

He’s been slowly but surely shedding the sweet image that propelled him to the top of the charts so it comes as no real surprise that 18-year-old Justin Bieber has been caught puffing away on what looks like a joint of marijuana.

In a set of exclusive photos acquired by TMZ, the teen icon appears to be smoking a rolled-up cigarette at a party inside a hotel room in Newport Beach, California with friends including rapper Lil Twist.

Insiders at the party claim that Lil Twist and his brother were rolling cigarettes and passing them around resulting in “a lot of pot smoke”. It is also alleged that no one seemed to mind the photos being taken on a smart phone even thought there was security present.

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These claims come amid the controversy surrounding the death of a paparazzo who died while trying to get shots of Bieber’s white 458 Italia Ferrari after it was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles.

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There are also reports that a mystery girl slept in the popstar’s hotel room the night the photographs were taken, although sources wouldn’t confirm to the website whether anything had happened.

Bieber has recently split from his on-again-off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez having spent New Year’s with her in Mexico.