A Portland, Oregon, woman is suing teen idol Justin Bieber claiming that his concert left her with permanent hearing loss.

Stacey Wilson Betts filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland seeking $9.2 million in damages she claims occurred when Bieber incited the crowd into a frenzy of screams during a live concert in Portland two years ago.  Betts charges that things got out of control when Bieber climbed into a heart-shaped gondola and pointed at various sections of the crowd to rile them up.  She said the gondola acted as a sound conductor that led to her developing tinnitus, a permanent ringing in the ears that makes it difficult to sleep.

"I am an ordinary person who bought a service, I took my daughter to a pop concert," Betts' lawsuit states.  "I had no reasonable way to anticipate the gondola could create a sound blast that would permanently damage my ears."

The lawsuit names Bieber, concert promoter AEG Worldwide, Island Def Jam Records and Vulcan Sports and Entertainment as defendants and seeks damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of quality of life and legal fees. Betts is representing herself.

—Source:  Oregonlive.com