Following their reported reconciliation in Miami over the weekend, Rihanna is now reportedly refusing to press charges and/or testify against boyfriend Chris Brown in his highly-publicized domestic assault case.
The Los Angeles District Attorney and investigators have been working overtime to try to build a case against the singer, but as of press time, still no charges have been brought forth against Brown. And now, it looks like their biggest hope is now backing down.
A file on the case, including Rihanna’s original statement to police as well as witness accounts, is expected to be handed to the Los Angeles County District Attorney later this week.
Pictures of Chris Brown flexing his biceps and playing in the waves off Miami on a jet ski wouldn’t normally raise eyebrows. But coming amid reports of Brown and girlfriend Rihanna’s reunion following an alleged domestic incident three weeks ago, the images struck some as a bit odd.
“That might not have been the first image I would want out there of him,” said public-relations guru and crisis-management expert Howard Bragman, author of “Where’s My Fifteen Minutes?”; Bragman has handled delicate situations for everyone from embattled former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington to onetime “Tonight Show” sidekick Ed McMahon. “But I also don’t believe that he should be running around in sack cloth and ashes. He’s a young man, and he has to go on with his life.”
Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.
The pair have reunited almost three weeks after Brown, 19, allegedly battered the “Umbrella” singer on Feb. 8, a source tells PEOPLE.
“They’re together again. They care for each other,” says the source. The on-again couple are currently spending time together at one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s homes, on Miami Beach’s Star Island.
Adds the source: “While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves.”
Los Angeles police have launched an internal investigation to determine who leaked a picture of a bruised and battered Rihanna to the media.
The close-up photo of the R&B singer — with contusions on her forehead and below her eyes, and cuts on her lip — was published on the entertainment Web site TMZ on Thursday.
Rihanna, 21, was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, on a Los Angeles street before the two were to perform at the Grammy Awards on February 8.
Pop princess Rihanna reportedly has told cops that boyfriend Chris Brown had a history of abusing her even before a weekend attack that left her bruised and bloodied.
Citing a confidential police file, TMZ.com reported Thursday that Rihanna told investigators Brown’s violence was ongoing – and escalating.
No details of prior abuse were given.
Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos has declined comment.
R&B star Rihanna has cancelled a concert in Jakarta due to be held on Thursday, show organisers have said.
Tour promoter Showmaster said the singer pulled out “because of an assault case involving Rihanna’s boyfriend” – the singer Chris Brown.
The 20-year-old pulled a performance at the Grammys and another show in Malaysia on Tuesday. Read more
Bone Deep is an upcoming crime thriller film directed by John Luessenhop and written by Luessenhop, Gabriel Casseus, Peter Allen and Avery Duff. It features an ensemble cast headed by Paul Walker and Matt Dillon. It is set to be released on January 8, 2010.
Plot
A band of bank robbers, find their 20 million dollar heist interrupted by a hard edged detective.
Other Information
- Genre : Action, Crime
- Filming Locations : Culver City, California, USA
- Company : Grand Hustle Entertainment
- Release date : January 8, 2010
- Language : English
