Popping his body out of the gap, Justin Bieber, dressed all in white, first shook hands with as many fans as possible - and blew kisses - before instructing them to move out of the way of his vehicle so they could park up safely.
The scene of chaos comes just hours after it was announced the 20-year-old Baby singer scored a legal victory against a celebrity photographer who filed a battery lawsuit against him and his bodyguard.
The 20-year-old Canadian pop star was accused by Miami, Florida photographer Jeffrey Binion of ordering his bodyguard Hugo Hesny to rough him up.
Binion in his lawsuit was seeking unspecified punitive damages, but a Florida judge rejected the attempt to seek punitive damages from Hesny.
A report on RadarOnline.comon Wednesday said Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel issued an order stating, 'Jeffrey Binion failed to make a reasonable showing by evidence in the record or proffer that a reasonable basis for recovery of punitive damages exists in this case.'
The Believe hitmaker was sued by Binion over a June 2013 incident in which the photographer claims one of the star's minders choked him and stole his camera equipment.
It was alleged that Justin ordered his bodyguard to seize Jeffrey's memory card after he tried to snap a candid picture of the teen heartthrob leaving a recording studio.
Bieber gave a deposition in the case in March in which he mocked the plaintiff's lawyers, pretended to fall asleep during questioning and undermined the seriousness of the proceedings by winking at the camera.
Hesny's attorney Elias R Hilal earlier told E! Newsthe ruling was a key victory.
'This was a big win for us because we can now focus on this one isolated incident as opposed to having the public distracted by allegations of other incidents. This will prevent the plaintiff from turning this case into the circus show that they were trying to make it,' Hilal said in a statement.
'If the court would have allowed the plaintiff to seek punitive damages the defendant's personal finances, which are completely irrelevant, would have been made available to the plaintiff, thus attempting to potentially extort the parties into a settlement as opposed to winning on the merits, 'he added.
Binion's attorney Mark DiCowden earlier this month said during a hearing he had documented at least 11 similar alleged assaults against photographers over two years involving Bieber and his security personnel.
He argued for a punitive damage award for Binion to deter future assaults against the paparazzi.
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