Rebel without a pause: Bieber's image in 'slow decline'

Justin Bieber's arrest early Thursday morning for driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license will surprise no one who's been paying attention to the singer's recent trajectory. Over the last two years, the onetime squeaky-clean pop sensation has made increasingly unsavory headlines, and now faces a potentially serious entanglement with the legal system.

"His image has been in slow decline," celebrity image consultant Amanda Sanders told TODAY. "He missed his prepubescent rebellious phase, and he's no longer a sweet kid — now he's an adolescent, and his fan base is going to change greatly. It's not planned, but his behavior is a reflection of not wanting to be thought of the same way."

And he certainly won't be, not with his blunders — some of the legal sort, some just bad form — from the past few years.

Jan. 14: Los Angeles County sheriff deputies searched Bieber's Calabasas, Calif. home to search for evidence after he allegedly egged a neighbor's home. The neighbor estimated there had been $20,000 worth of damage. After executing a search warrant on Bieber's home, police arrested a visitor on a felony narcotics violation.