By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Brown is due back in a Los Angeles courtroom to be formally sentenced for assaulting Rihanna.
The 20-year-old R&B singer pleaded guilty in June to felony assault and is expected to receive five years of probation during a sentencing hearing Wednesday afternoon. Under terms of a plea [...]
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Brown pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting Rihanna and the two were ordered to stay away from each other, in a deal that keeps the singer out of prison but requires him to clean up graffiti or roadside trash.
Brown’s plea to a felony charge will subject him [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Brown’s felony assault case is about to enter a key phase.
The R&B singer is due back in court Monday afternoon for a preliminary hearing that could feature testimony from Rihanna and a crucial ruling by a judge in Los Angeles.
Brown was arrested in February on suspicion of hitting and threatening [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Brown lost a bid to delay a preliminary hearing in his assault case, which his attorney argued should wait for a related California Supreme Court decision.
Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, filed an appeal earlier this month to try to delay the R&B singer’s preliminary hearing, now scheduled for June 22.
Two justices [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – On the day Chris Brown took to YouTube to say he’s “not a monster,” a photographer sued the R&B singer, saying Brown’s bodyguards beat him as he tried to take pictures at a gym.
Robert Rosen sued Brown and LA Fitness International, claiming he was assaulted by a bodyguard after snapping pictures [...]
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK – More than a month after the assault that left singer Rihanna bloodied and bruised, the situation gets more grim for the once-brilliant career of pop star Chris Brown, her boyfriend and alleged attacker.
Despite reports that the couple has reconciled – including reports of an apparent duet recording [...]
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
In this March 29, 2008 file photo, Chris Brown accepts the award for Favorite Male Singer during the 21st Annual Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
NEW YORK — There won’t be any awkward Chris Brown moment at the Kids’ Choice Awards — the embattled pop star [...]
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Brown briefly appeared in court Thursday, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna.
Brown’s arraignment was postponed until April 6 on charges of assault likely to cause great [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Prosecutors say Chris Brown is expected in a Los Angeles court Thursday, despite that they have yet to file charges.
District Attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison said Wednesday that Brown is required to appear based on a date scheduled after his Feb. 8 arrest.
The 19-year-old R&B singer was booked on suspicion of making [...]
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – As police probe whether one of their own leaked a picture of a bruised and beaten woman that appears to be Rihanna, the image is sparking a discussion of the impact it could have on the issue of domestic violence.
The celebrity Web site TMZ, which posted the [...]
