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Brown Charged with 2 Felonies
 Brown Charged with 2 Felonies 
Mar 5, 2009 12:53 PM CST

Brown Charged with 2 Felonies

(Newser) - Singer Chris Brown is being charged with two felonies in the beating of girlfriend Rihanna, Los Angeles authorities announced today. Brown, 19, is expected to appear in court this afternoon to enter a plea in the Feb. 8 incident, People reports, in which he faces counts of assault and making...

Evidence Stacks Up Vs. Chris Brown
Evidence
Stacks Up Vs. Chris Brown
Mar 5, 2009 9:06 AM CST

Evidence Stacks Up Vs. Chris Brown

LA authorities have bloody gown, more gruesome photos

(Newser) - Even if Rihanna refuses to testify against Chris Brown, the evidence—including Rihanna’s bloodstained gown and a blow-by-blow police report—is powerful. Police notes obtained by a Los Angeles TV station reveal Brown bit Rihanna and shoved her head against a car window, TMZ reports, adding that photos of...

Brown's Lawyers Seek Plea Deal

Singer due in court today over alleged assault on Rihanna

(Newser) - Chris Brown's lawyers are in talks with prosecutors about a plea deal that could see the singer hit with probation instead of jail time for his alleged assault on Rihanna, insiders tell E! Online. Brown would plead guilty to a misdemeanor under the deal. Prosecutors have been looking for evidence...

Usher to Brown: Quit Living It Up, Show Some Remorse

'Show some remorse, man,' he urges

(Newser) - A stunned Usher yesterday blasted the luxurious lifestyle and high-spirited smiles of Chris Brown relaxing in Miami just weeks after he apparently viciously beat girlfriend Rihanna, reports the New York Daily News. "Come on, Chris, have a bit of remorse, man," said Usher. "The man's on jet...

Rihanna's Family Worried About Brown

'Everyone wants them to take a break' as couple goes to LA

(Newser) - Rihanna's reconciliation with Chris Brown in Miami has left her family upset, People reports. "Everyone wants them to take a break, to cool off," one family member said. "No one wants them back together." Meanwhile the couple has flown into Los Angeles and booked into...

Rihanna MIA, Brown Recording in Miami

(Newser) - Chris Brown seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered—not only is he reportedly holed up in Diddy’s Miami mansion with the girlfriend he’s accused of assaulting, he’s also been recording tracks for a new album, E! reports. Though he shot down rumors of partying...

Experts Rip Rihanna, Brown Reunion

It sends a dangerous message, experts warn

(Newser) - Experts are criticizing Rihanna's decision to reconcile with boyfriend Chris Brown following a violent confrontation that left the singer swollen and bruised, reports the New York Daily News. Domestic violence experts aren't shocked by Rihanna's move—which is all too common among battered women, they say—but are worried about...

Rihanna's Dad Backs Her Return to Brown

Pop supports 'smart' singer's decision to reunite with Chris Brown

(Newser) - Rihanna’s father supports her decision to stay with Chris Brown. “I love my daughter with whatever road she takes,” Ronald Fenty told Us. “I'm behind her win or lose. If that's the road she wants to choose, I'm behind her.” As for his daughter’s...

Rihanna Back With Brown
 Rihanna Back With Brown 
Feb 28, 2009 2:04 AM CST

Rihanna Back With Brown

Sources: Pair reunited, spending quality time together at Diddy's mansion

(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown are a couple again almost 3 weeks after he allegedly beat her, sources tell People. The “Umbrella” singer is spending time with Brown at Sean "Diddy" Combs' Miami Beach mansion. "They're together again. They care for each other," says the source. “...

Young Slumdog Actor Gets Beating From Father

(Newser) - Angered that his son wouldn’t play to a crowd welcoming 10-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actor Azharuddin Mohammed back to Mumbai, the boy’s father administered a public beating today, the Sun reports. Azharuddin arrived home yesterday following the film’s Oscar triumph, and had the day off school; when he...

Media Hijacks Rihanna's Right to Privacy

Decision to come forward should have been hers alone

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times and other media outlets violated Rihanna’s privacy by publicizing her identity as a domestic-violence victim, Smita Satiani writes for the Huffington Post. Public desire for details, the need to know if Rihanna herself somehow brought it on, “stems from the ultimate denial that these...

Rihanna Appears in Public
Rihanna Appears in Public
Feb 27, 2009 11:07 AM CST

Rihanna Appears in Public

Singer vacations at Mexican beach resort after alleged assault

(Newser) - After weeks of hiding out, Rihanna resurfaced on a Mexican beach in the first clear pictures taken of her since Chris Brown allegedly assaulted her on Feb. 8, E! reports. The shots, originally published by the New York Daily News, were taken over the weekend at a private villa in...

Damage Control: Brown Enrolls in Anger 101

Singer hopes course will help his image

(Newser) - Chris Brown is trying to salvage his public image with anger management classes, the New York Daily News reports, but some insiders are quick to gripe that Rihanna—whom Brown is accused of beating up Feb. 7—should do the same. “Rihanna is temperamental, too,” said one source....

Feminist Bloggers Daft in Rihanna Debate

(Newser) - In the debate over a leaked police photo of Rihanna, her face badly beaten, feminist bloggers and pundits are revealing their archaic attitudes toward domestic violence, Rebecca Traister writes in Salon. One asked whether Rihanna will carry the "domestic violence victim" stigma; another questioned whether she was partly...

Diamonds Get Brown Closer to Rihanna

Brown goes overboard wishing Rihanna happy birthday

(Newser) - Chris Brown showered Rihanna with gifts and called to wish her a happy 21st birthday Friday, the New York Daily News reports. “He knows he’s very much in the doghouse right now, and is doing everything he can to show her how sorry he is,” a source...

LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo
LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo
Feb 20, 2009 2:26 PM CST

LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo

Pic resembles confidential domestic violence records

(Newser) - The photo of Rihanna’s bruised face posted on TMZ.com may be police evidence, the Los Angeles Times reports. The LAPD, which is investigating Chris Brown’s alleged beating of the pop singer, said the photo resembles those taken during official domestic violence investigations, which are strictly confidential. "...

Boxer Challenges Brown to 'Real' Fight

Facebook group invites public to be 'next in line'

(Newser) - At least 1,223 people want to see Chris Brown get in another fight, and a Los Angeles martial arts expert is one of them, Fox News reports. Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, started a Facebook group called "I want to fight Chris Brown" that invites the singer...

Rihanna 'Torn' By Anger, Love

Statement irked her, but she still loves him

(Newser) - Rihanna is “torn” over cooperating with police to build a case against Chris Brown—but she’s not the only one who’s conflicted. The story, an Us Weekly report in the New York Daily News, comes on the heels of a Chicago Sun-Times report that the singer was...

'Clueless' Chris Brown's Spin Doctor Will Win Him No Points

Paris Hilton's flack is 'universally disliked'

(Newser) - It’s not surprising that “19 and clueless” Chris Brown needs help doing damage control, but the PR flack he hired to disentangle him from his domestic violence mess will “win Brown no points in public,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. Mike Sitrick, Paris Hilton’s...

Eye Patch May Have Hidden Past Abuse: Police

Plus, cousin says Chris 'had to be provoked'

(Newser) - The eye patch Rihanna wore at last year's American Music Awards might have been more than a costume, the Sun reports. Rihanna started wearing the patch to cover her scratched cornea, and police are investigating whether Chris Brown caused the injury. “We’re talking to her friends and management,...

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