June 2012: Police investigate a New York City club fight that allegedly broke out between Brown and Drake, a friend of Rihanna , and their entourages. Brown is one of five people injured. He later alludes to the brawl and to Drake in a diss track. Brown and Rihanna, meanwhile, continue to date on and off until 2013.
The 29-year-old singer was detained in Florida on Thursday on an outstanding out-of-county felony battery warrant from 2017 and released from jail after less than an hour after posting a $2,000 bond. The warrant had been issued after photographer reported to police that Brown had punched him during a paid club appearance. E!
In the lawsuit, filed on Jan. 27 in Los Angeles, Jane Doe alleged that Brown, 32, drugged and raped her while at a party in Miami in December 2020.
The singer receives credit for 234 days of time served and court-ordered rehab, and officially has 131 more days to go. The judge also reinstates and extends Brown's probation to January 2015.
2009 was a big year for both Chris Brown and his then-girlfriend Rihanna. At the time, they were the ultimate power couple — two fresh-faced Hollywood stars who met as teens and, by all accounts, would inevitably spend their 20s on the Billboard charts fielding a trail of paparazzi.
For the next couple of years, Chris Brown more or less stayed out of trouble. The star focused on his career, which inexplicably didn't seem all that affected by his bad press. In fact, it managed to reach new heights.
Chris Brown didn't limit his rap-related feuds to Drake. In 2013, he took aim at Frank Ocean. Again, it involved an entourage. This time, instead of a nightclub, the colosseum was a recording studio parking lot. Instead of ice and bottles, the ammo was reportedly homophobic slurs, gun threats, and fists.
Chris Brown struggled to manage his five years of probation following his felony assault conviction — he was even forced to postpone his 2010 European tour after he was denied entry to the U.K. because of his violent behavior.
Just as Chris Brown was smoothing out his probation problems from his first felony assault conviction, he was slapped with a second assault conviction. In 2013, the singer was arrested with his bodyguard in Washington D.C. after he allegedly punched a fan who tried to jump into a photo. Per Reuters, Brown allegedly broke the fan's nose.
The same year that Chris Brown allegedly punched both Frank Ocean and a photo-hungry fan, he voluntarily checked himself into rehab. According to People, the star aimed to "gain focus and insight" into his violent behavior, but this was apparently a short-lived endeavor.
Not long after leaving jail, Chris Brown found himself in the midst of a handful of assault investigations — two of which took place at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. First, in 2015, the star was accused of punching a man at a basketball game, but according to Billboard, the man dropped the charges.
February 8, 2009. Brown and then-girlfriend Rihanna have an argument that escalates into physical violence on the part of Brown. Rihanna is left with visible facial injuries and is hospitalized; Brown is subsequently charged with felony assault and making criminal threats on March 5.
Brown attends a Halloween party dressed as an Islamic terrorist. Also present at the party is Rihanna, which is a violation of the restraining order taken out against Brown in the wake of the assault. He appears in court on November 1. January 2013.
Following an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America in which Brown is asked about the incident with Rihanna, the singer allegedly blew up in his dressing room during a commercial break and threw a chair at a window overlooking Times Square.
Eight people are injured in a brawl in an NYC nightclub involving Brown, Drake, NBA star Tony Parker, and assorted members of the trio’s entourages.
Most recently, stars like Ed Sheeran and Kendall Jenner, who appeared in Brown and Lil Dicky’s music video, came under fire for supporting “an abuser” — referencing the time Brown assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
Police custody is still in progress,” the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office tells PEOPLE in a statement. “The judicial action that will be given will not be communicated before the end of the custody.”. Brown denied the events, sharing a photo of a graphic featuring the words “This Bitch Lyin.”.
As a result, a judge on May 9, 2014, sentenced Brown to 131 days in county jail due to his violating probation once again.
In June of that year, Brown agreed to plead guilty to a felony assault charge. Chris Brown Goes Into Graphic Detail About the Night He Assaulted Rihanna. His plea deal came with some big strings attached. It put Brown under five years’ probation and required him to complete 1,400 hours of “labor-oriented” community service.
Chris Brown pleaded guilty in June 2009 to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna during a Grammy Awards eve attack on the “Umbrella” singer after an argument about another woman. He was placed on probation for five years and ordered to serve 1,000 hours of community service.
Police custody is still in progress,” the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office told People in a statement. “The judicial action that will be given will not be communicated before the end of the custody.”. He was later released, with no charges filed against him.
Chris Brown Breaks His Silence, Denies Rape Allegations After Being Detained in Paris. Brown got in trouble abroad in January 2019, when a woman in Paris accused him of raping her in his room at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel between January 15 and 16. He was subsequently taken into custody by Paris Police.
Chris Brown has a long history of run-ins with authorities dating back to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna. With his latest accusation of striking a woman — sparking a Los Angeles Police Department investigation — take a look back at his timeline of legal woes. The singer was just 19 at the time of his first arrest.
Eventually the case against him was dropped. “She did not want to pursue this,” Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos told CNN of the accuser after charges were dropped. “She did not understand that this could even be a criminal matter and said she didn’t want to pursue criminal charges.”.
Rihanna may have fallen victim to fear and psychological manipulation. Chris Brown made promises to her, and she became dependent on him for love, self worth, and happiness. Following the assault, she felt guilty that she had ruined his career and ashamed, both of herself and that the entire world knew her story.
A day before the Grammys in 2009, Chris Brown was prosecuted for brutally assaulting Rihanna and threatening to kill her. After a media-filled court case, he was issued a restraining order and court-ordered community service. He was ordered to stay away from Rihanna, and his record sales and concerts plummeted.
But most of all, Rihanna has been strongly criticized for publicly flaunting her reconciliation with Chris Brown.
Through fear and control, the victim becomes completely dependent on the abuser. The abuser also manipulates the victim into making them feel guilt, shame, and low self esteem. By consistently insulting and undermining their wants and needs, victims often become helpless and desperate.
The victim becomes is stuck in the relationship, because they know that if they leave, there will be major consequences. The perpetrator uses threats of physical punishment, com mitting suicide, taking away the victim’s money or children, even killing them , to keep the victim in the relationship .
With millions of girls looking up to her as a role model, she has set a bad example by demonstrating that it is okay to return to an abusive relationship. However, condemning Rihanna may not be the answer. The problem lies much deeper than her.
And to add even more controversy to this already heated issue, Brown and Rihanna, who have been publicly promoting their songs together, have been seen spending time alone as well. Some seem to think that Rihanna and Brown just want the money, fame, and controversy; others think the two have fallen back in love.
E! News had reported at the time that the alleged victim, Bennie L. Vines, suffered a busted lip after the incident, which took place at Club Aja in Tampa.
Probation officials say he also failed to "comply with the rules and regulations" of his program. The singer is ordered to complete 90 days of anger management treatment at another facility, submit to drug testing and perform at least 24 hours of community labor a week.
August 2016: Baylee Curran, Miss California Regional 2016, tells police Brown threatened her with a gun while she was admiring a piece of jewelry in his kitchen. He is arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
February 2011: Rihanna's lawyer tells E! News that she has agreed to allow the current restraining order against Brown to be bumped down to a level one, which would mean that the two would be allowed to contact each other as long as he doesn't harass or annoy her.
Chris Brown is in legal trouble again. As he said himself, what's new? The 29-year-old singer was detained in Florida on Thursday on an outstanding out-of-county felony battery warrant from 2017 and released from jail after less than an hour after posting a $2,000 bond.
Brown is one of five people injured. He later alludes to the brawl and to Drake in a diss track. Brown and Rihanna, meanwhile, continue to date on and off until 2013. February 2012: Brown is accused of snatching a woman's cell phone after she allegedly tried to take his photo outside a Miami club.
February 2017: Brown's ex Karrueche Tran obtains a temporary restraining order against him, saying he threatened to kill her. It was made permanent in June . At the time of the filing, Brown tells his followers in a since-deleted post not to listen to "all this bulls--t.".