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Justin Bieber Caught Smoking Pot at Newport Hotel

TMZ photos show the singer holding a blunt at a party in Newport Beach, just one day after a paparazzo was killed while trying to grab a picture of the singer's Ferrari.

Worldwide phenom Justin Bieber reportedly started off the new year on a blazed note at a Newport Beach hotel, TMZ reported.

On its website, TMZ published pictures of the 18-year-old Biebs' holding a sparked-up doobie while he celebrated the start of 2013 at a hotel party in Newport Beach on Wednesday. The party was held just one day after a paparazzo who was chasing Bieber's Ferrari was killed  when another car ran him over.

Sources told TMZ Bieber's buddy and rapper Lil Twist -- who was driving Bieber's Ferrari when the paparazzo was killed -- was rolling all the blunts and passing them around to Bieber and others at the party.

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In the photos, Bieber seems to be highly enjoying himself.

See the photos at TMZ.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Justin Bieber's last name.

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