Justin Bieber Poses With Registered Sex Offender Jeffrey Jones

Justin Bieber is no stranger to controversy but he was seemingly none the wiser when he posted the photo that has sparked the newest backlash against the him.

Y'see, Justin appears to have unknowingly posed alongside a registered sex offender, and fans are not happy.

The 22-year-old singer was seemingly over the moon to meet actor Jeffrey Jones, who played the grumpy principle in John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, sharing the photo and writing the film’s title in the caption.

However, Jeffrey was actually arrested back in 2003 for possessing child pornography and soliciting a 14-year-old boy to pose for pornographic images.

The star pleaded no contest to all charges and ended up being sentenced to five years probation and put on the sex offender registry, then having to do 250 hours of community service and three years of probation in 2010 for failing to update his sex offender status when he moved to Florida.

In short, he’s probably not the sort of person that Justin would want to be posing excitedly for pictures with.

Although most of the singer’s followers seem unaware as to who the other person in the photo is, let alone his criminal background, some were stunned by Justin’s post.

One fan commented: “You do know he’s a paedophile, right?”

And others added: “He’s a confirmed sexual predator. Just beware, he was convicted for abusing a young boy.

“That guy is a sex offender! Ew!”

And: “You realise that old guy is a paedophile?”

Justin is yet to respond to the backlash but the photo remains on his social media pages… For now.