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Brown in plea deal over Rihanna assault


R&B singer Chris Brown Chris Brown may refer to:'''
  • Chris Brown (baseball player) (1961-2006)
  • Chris Brown (American football) (born 1981)
  • Chris Brown (footballer) (born 1984), English
  • Chris Brown (soccer) (born 1977), American
  • Chris Brown (musician), Canadian
 has pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community labor for the attack, lawyers said Monday.

Lawyers for Brown, who had earlier pleaded not guilty to assault charges, announced the deal as the singer appeared in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  Superior Court for a preliminary hearing into the case.

The plea deal sees Brown, 20, escape a jail sentence jail sentence jail npeine f de prison  for his February 8 attack on "Umbrella" singer Rihanna, which occurred as the couple drove home from a pre-Grammy Awards party.

The incident shocked the music world and left Rihanna nursing cuts and bruises Bruises Definition

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 to her face, forcing her to cancel a scheduled performance at the Grammys in Los Angeles later that day.

Brown issued an apology apology [Gr.,=defense], literary work that defends, justifies, or clarifies an author's ideas or point of view. Unlike the ordinary use of the word, the literary use neither implies that wrong has been done nor expresses regret.  following the incident, saying he was "sorry and saddened" by the events and that he was seeking the counseling of his pastor, family and friends.

Affidavits filed in the case alleged Brown slammed Rihanna's head against the window of a car the couple were traveling in before repeatedly punching and biting biting

pertaining to the characteristic behavior of performing a bite.


biting louse
see species of the insect suborder mallophaga.

biting midge
insects of the family ceratopogonidae.
 her.

Under the plea deal, Brown will be placed on probation for five years and must perform 180 days of "labor-oriented" community work in his home state of Virginia, prosecutors said.

He will be formally sentenced at a hearing in August.

Rihanna appeared in court with her lawyer Monday after Brown had left the packed courtroom. Both singers were not available for comment after the deal was struck.
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