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Chris Brown Begins Community Labor Sentence
Originally posted 09/16/2009 01:25PM
The State of Virginia isn't horsing around when it comes to Chris Brown's debt to society for his assault on Rihanna.
Brown, 20, wearing a reflective vest and a red cap, was seen cleaning the grounds in and around a Virginia police horse stable Wednesday, part of his six-month community labor sentence.
The singer, who has repeatedly apologized for his crime, Tweeted Wednesday: "On my way to community service."
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Officers Put on Leave in Rihanna Photo Leak
Originally posted 09/11/2009 06:05PM
Two LAPD officers have been placed on paid administrative leave in the ongoing police investigation into who leaked Rihanna's injury photo.
Officer Rebecca Reyes, a nine-year employee of the department, is under investigation for both criminal and administrative issues, her lawyer Ira Salzman confirms to PEOPLE.
Salzman adds that search warrants were executed on Reyes's home in late June, and her computer and cell phone records have been seized. "But my client did not sell any photos for profit," Salzman says. "She did not commit any criminal act."
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Chris Brown: I'm Ready for Counseling
Originally posted 09/04/2009 12:55PM
While Chris Brown vows he'll abide by all the conditions of his recent sentencing for assaulting Rihanna – including six months of community labor and five years' probation – he's eager to get the most out of the court-ordered counseling and anger-management classes.
"I want to understand my feelings," Brown, 20, tells PEOPLE. "I want to find out what really transpired as far as me that night. Sometimes when you're young you don't know how to express [your emotions], so I think it actually would be helpful to talk to a counselor or to somebody who has an expertise in what those [feelings] are."
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Chris Brown's Mom: Rihanna Was 'Family'
Originally posted 09/03/2009 04:45PM
Immediately after his late-night fight with Rihanna over Grammy weekend, Chris Brown knew what he had to do: Tell his mother.
"I went to my mom and I was upset," says Brown, who was raised by his mother, Joyce Hawkins, in the small town of Tappahannock, Va., where they both still live a few doors down from each other. "I told my mom what happened and just broke down. I was disappointed in myself and I felt like I had let my mom down."
For Hawkins, herself a victim of domestic abuse, Brown's confessional still haunts her. "It was the most painful moment in my life to hear him tell me that," she tells PEOPLE. "I just sighed and was like, 'What in the world happened?' And you know he started talking, but I could see the pain in his face and how hurt he was while he was trying to tell me. It wasn't easy for him to do."
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Chris Brown: Of Course, I Remember What Happened
Originally posted 08/31/2009 07:40PM
He's ashamed and sorry and wished it never happened. But there's one thing Chris Brown says he most certainly is not: forgetful.
In a detailed statement to PEOPLE, the singer clarifies what he calls incorrect reports – based on a clip of an interview with Larry King airing Wednesday night – about the events with Rihanna that led to his arrest:
"There have been reports on the Internet that I didn't remember what happened that night with Rihanna. I want to try and set things straight.
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Chris Brown Tells PEOPLE: 'I Still Love Rihanna'
Originally posted 08/31/2009 11:30AM
It's been six months since the Grammy weekend when Chris Brown and Rihanna got into a late-night fight that left Rihanna bruised and bloodied and her R&B star boyfriend surrendering to Los Angeles police.
Since then, Brown, 20, has pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced last week to five years' probation.
And now, he is ready to speak: On Aug. 26, the musician sat down with PEOPLE for his first interview and – as his mother Joyce Hawkins, a victim of domestic abuse herself, sat nearby – opened up about his shame over that "terrible" night, his enduring love for Rihanna and why he swears he'll never hit a woman again.
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Chris Brown Goes Clubbing After Court Hearing
Originally posted 08/26/2009 04:45PM
Chris Brown went from courthouse to club on Tuesday, dropping by a popular L.A. lounge just a few hours after the singer was sentenced to probation and community labor for assaulting Rihanna.
The 20-year-old singer enjoyed a night out with a group of friends and bodyguards at Guys & Dolls, where he stood up on a booth and got the crowd excited as he danced along to Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana, a source tells PEOPLE.
"He didn't seem to care at all that everyone was watching him," says the source. "He was in a totally good mood, just hanging out with his buddies. Then all of a sudden he decided to put on a little show. Everyone went wild."
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Chris Brown and Rihanna Had a History of Violence
Originally posted 08/25/2009 08:55PM
Rihanna and Chris Brown had two previous violent episodes before the Feb. 8 fight, which ultimately led to Brown's arrest and felony conviction, court documents reveal.
The "Umbrella" singer allegedly slapped Brown in a heated argument three months prior to the February incident, according to Brown's probation review released Tuesday.
In that previous fight, which occurred in Europe, Brown responded by pushing Rihanna into a wall, the documents say. The couple "were involved in a verbal dispute and [she] slapped [him]." Brown "responded by shoving her into a wall."
A second fight occurred about three weeks prior to the Feb. 8 incident.
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Chris Brown Ordered Not to Contact Rihanna for 5 Years
Originally posted 08/25/2009 05:40PM
Chris Brown will spend 1,400 hours removing graffiti and washing cars for assaulting Rihanna.
Brown, 20, was formally sentenced in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday to six months of community labor in Virginia after he pleaded guilty in June to one count of felony assault against Rihanna, 21.
Brown's six-month labor sentence will be supervised by the chief of police in Richmond, Va., who wrote to the judge that Brown would perform graffiti removal, cleaning and maintaining grounds, and washing cars. "Brown's labor hours will be flexible to accommodate his entertainment career," according to DA spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.
The singer, who looked solemn and wore a black pinstripe suit and matching tie, was also sentenced to five years of probation, a year of domestic violence classes, and was ordered to pay fines. He was accompanied in the courtroom by his mother and at least one bodyguard.
As part of his plea bargain with prosecutors, a second felony charge of making criminal threats was dropped. Rihanna was not present for the hearing.
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Chris Brown Sentencing Delayed for Three Weeks
Originally posted 08/05/2009 06:15PM
Chris Brown's sentencing for his felony assault on Rihanna has been delayed three weeks because the terms of his six-month community labor sentence have yet to be clarified.
"We still have not received from Virginia what their community labor proposal would be," said L.A. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg at a hearing Wednesday. "I do not favor community service, I favor something along the lines of Caltrans [freeway cleanup]."
The sentencing was rescheduled to Aug. 27.
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