The Los Angeles Police Department may investigate the alleged sexual encounter between pop sensation Justin Bieber and 20-year-old Mariah Yeater, Commander Andrew Smith said Thursday.

Smith said there was no report filed regarding any such October 2010 incident, but the police could look into it themselves after Yeater filed a paternity suit. "If it's brought to our attention of course we'll look into it," Smith told the Associated Press.

California statutory rape law states that any person of legal age who has sexual relations with a minor more than two years younger can be charged with misdemeanor and face up to one year in prison if convicted.

Yeater claims she was invited backstage by Bieber's bodyguards after the teen singer's concert at the Staples Center last October. Then 16, Bieber allegedly told the 19-year-old office clerk that he was a virgin before the pair had unprotected sex.

Yeater's legal representatives insists this is a separate issue from the paternity suit. "The issue of statutory rape, even if she's guilty, hypothetically, that has no bearing on the duties to provide child support," attorney Matthew Pare said.

"The most important thing for our client is letting her baby know who his father is," Pare said.

The threat of statutory rape is not the only lawsuit Yeater has to watch out for, if the official statement from the Bieber camp is any indication.

Representatives of the 17-year-old pop star are vehemently denying paternity of Yeater's baby, born on July.

"While we haven't yet seen the lawsuit, it's sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory and demonstrably false claims," Bieber spokeswoman Melissa Victor said in a statement to Us Weekly that underlined just how serious the paternal suit is being taken.

She added, " We will vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to defend and protect Justin against these allegations."

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