PICS: Rihanna in Court
Pop singer Rihanna was a stoic vision of beauty and humility in a California courtroom today. Rihanna, dressed elegantly in stated black with a string of pearls around her neck, listened to her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown plead guilty to the more serious charge against him — felony assault.
The woman beater was sentenced to complete just 180 days in a Virginia domestic violence program followed by 5 years on probation. Brown was also ordered to stay 50 yards (150 feet) away from Rihanna at all times except when they are both attending an industry event. Then the distance between them decreases to a mere 10 yards (30 feet).
Brown’s sentence, which amounted to a slap on the wrist, angered women’s groups. He didn’t get jail time, but his public image is forever tarnished by his immature behavior in the early morning hours of Feb. 8 when he beat, slapped and kicked Rihanna into submission.
MORE pics after the break…
Photos: Splash News Online
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She let me down with her attire. She looked like somebodys grandma..lol She looked cute/pretty but not her best suit by far. I was waiting on something more FIERCE!
It’s all over now Chris your prayers have been answered!
God was showing him favor this time around. You can breath now
She looks elegant considering the atmosphere..this boy got a slap on the wrist and its a slap in the face to other girls out there going through this..sad
Her suit looked like the same one we buried our grandma in.
Five years probation and a felony charge is more than a slap on the wrist. Most abusers get less (unless they’ve severely disabled their victims). TMZ’s got that boy covered for the next five years. He will be watched so hard that he can’t even jaywalk without being arrested. Oh well, such is his life …
2 sides to every story! Glad it’s over.
@Sunny that was the best laugh I had all day..lol
@Miss 3 sides in this case his/hers and the TRUTH!
Damn her cover girl commerical just came on how ironic.lol
Night all this take home test was a BEAST!!
grammy rhi rhi !!!
2 sides to every story, but Assault is Assault - any way you want to look at it! Keep defending him Black women…smh
Rihanna looks mature. Let’s be real, we knew Chris wasn’t going to do any jail time. R.Kelly got off, MJ got off. Chris wasn’t going to no jail, no way!
she had to play down her persona in court, in case they try using that against her. i understand. she ‘had’ to look like a jewish white lady to be safe.
She’s still with him, so who knows what really happened. I’m not mad at him if she’s not.
Can we now move on from this drama???
Sandra: I am tired of all the pop ups when I come to your sight. LOL. I hope you are getting paid because the ish is annoying.
I think she looks very Jackie O and quite gorgeous. Sandra this is the second time you have stated the sentence incorrectly. You keep leaving out the community service part which is substantial. Plus he can’t put his hands on another women for 5 years. Well I’m sure he could, but he would have to pay her dearly to keep her from reporting it and sending him to the pokey.
Now why can’t she wear her hair like this more often, instead of looking like a damn ****atoo all the time?
Really??? There were people who honestly thought he was going to do jail time?
So anytime somebody wears pearls they look like Jackie O..lol I like her hair either way the longhorn thingy works for her as well!
We have two Bird/Byrd’s now
Morning Fam!
There are so many cases and peple I know who spent a night in jail for beating the S$it out of there girlfriends/wives. Why did anyone think a first time offender 19 yrs old would get time?
i knew this child wasnt going to do any jail time. glad this is all over with. sandra can u dig up the transcript???
i love rihanna hair, but that dress is horrid
@ attorneymom:
I don’t see any pop ups when I come to my blog. I use Safari browser with pop up blocker on my Windows PC and on my Mac laptop. Firefox also has a very good pop up blocker. Don’t you have a pop up blocker on your browser? If your pop up blocker is turned on and you still see pop ups, it means you have a virus or malware on your computer.
@Lady that is a cute baby in the pic with you. Is that your little one?
@daisy thanks
yes thats my baby, she just turned 1 last month
I think Rihanna looks cute,,,she is in court…yo
I like the new song she has Te amo something like that….
OK CHRIS STANS…I’M GOING TO BE REAL IMMATURE AND SAY “I TOLD YOU SO”
ALL THAT WAIT TO HEAR THE WHOLE STORY BLAH, BLAH, BLAH-SHE INSTIGATED IT AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
HE PLEAD GUILTY-YA HEARD? AND NOW HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A CONVICTED FELON AND HIS IMAGE IS TARNISHED IRREGARDLESS OF WHAT MANY OF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE
AND YES RIHANNA LOOKED GORGEOUS BUT SHE SHOULD LEARN A VALUABLE LESSON AND MOVE ON-AND THE LESSON IS “LOVE DON’T HURT” IF YOUR LOVE YOUR SELF YOU WON’T LET SOMEONE HURT OR MISTREAT YOU ALL IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR SUPPOSED “LOVE”
he got off easy because RIRI didn’t testify against him…. He is lucky- and I hope he learn his lesson…
Amen mocha
Call me crazy, but I think these two are still creeping aro0und. That is why they were both so distraught when the came down with the protection order. We will see what happens in August, if that part gets thrown out. I hate when celebrities get made examples out of. Give ALL people the same sentence, not just a celebrity. Working at a DV shelter, I have seen women scarred to look at you because they have been beaten to think that way and the abusers don’t even see the inside of the courtroom. Rhianna refuses to pursue it, but these prosecutors who want to make a name for themselves are blood hungry vultures. Stallworth KILLS a man in premeditated murder, because that is exactly what it is when you intentionally get in a car to drive knowing your tail is drunk. It amazes me, you can afford a Bentley, but not a driver? I digress. Hopefully when it is all said and done, they BOTH get the help the need to move on from this.
@Intense I still support Chris and Rihanna and I still say I DONT know what happened in that car and NEITHER do YOU or your CAPLOCKN! I for one never said he did not hit her. I said the media blew this whole thing out the proportin and tried t make him out to be the devil himself that was NOT right or FAIR IMO. She is NOT innocent in all of this either. If you hit a man be prepared to get hit back like a MAN! Per what she told the cops she had the history of abuse NOT Chris. She hit his azz one to many times and he snapped and that was WRONG and he is now paying the price. Everybody keep ya hands to yourself dont start none wont be none!
Also if you heard Chris lawyer you would have heard him say that Chris wanted to take responsibilty for his actions that night from DAY one but he advised him against it.
Team BOTH
anyway both of them needed to keep their hands to themselves. they had a fight . plain and simple. she just got the raw end of the deal . nope he didn’t have to beat her like he did , but if you got the b*lls to throw a punch u better be ready for what follows. they were both wrong in this situation.
Daisy
Don’t you sass me youngin! I don’t think it’s just the pearls. I think the whole ensemble is Jackie O. Don’t make me spank you the next time you’re in town.
I don’t know who thought he was going to jail for a first offense. Wasn’t me. It ended about how I thought it would except it took months longer than I thought it would.
R.I.P. Ed McMahon
@Love you aint crazy. I def. think they were still in contact even if only as friends and now the judge has shut that down for now. Both lawyers said they would work to get the order kicked in Aug. If she truly moved on 100% she could give a damn if he couldnt contact her for 5yrs. Her lawyer even said she didnt want it or feel it was necessary. Young love what can you say!..lol
Somebody better tell Chris love doesnt hurt either..lol
@Bird you know I love you girl..lol Yeah it only took longer cause Chris lawyer SCREWED him with bad legal advice..lol Off to do some work….
bird when did he die?
licia Says:
bird when did he die?
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Sometime around midnight.
wow i didn’t even know he was sick . last time i saw him he was on that commercial in his pimp suit with his broads.
I didn’t know they released police reports on this case. When was it reported that RiRi said she hit/was hitting him and that SHE had a history of violence? I guess I missed that memo. I thought it was WIDELY assumed he did by everyone who thought “good baby boy Chris” would NEVER snap off and whip azz for no reason.
RIP Ed. Leaving the RiRI/CB discussion again
flawless!!! and i have never said that about a women or a girl
On the Tom Joyner show this morning some dude was giving a commentary on the case and stated that Rihanna was visibly upset about what she felt was an excessive sentence regarding the 50 feet 5 year / 10 feet event stay away crap and will probably enter a request to have that part revisited! For those of you who feel this chick has moved on you’re crazy, IMO!! go head come at me I can take it! This chick is upset because she did not expect for it to get this far out of hand and for the judge to render this type of smack-down as far as them staying away from each other!
I agree with #38
I wasn’t there and I don’t know what went down but I think she has been physical with him in the past. So I guess she can date other guys and slap them around. Where is her lesson in all of this…..Just slap guys that won’t slap you back. SMDH!
i knew he wasn’t going to jail. and his career isn’t “over” either.
@Shauny even TMZ who is ANTI CHRIS to the 10th power covered that part of the report. They said those were also statements she gave police. Now again I was not there I do not know but TMZ is pretty reliable and they can’t stand Chris..lol E! also covered that part of the story regarding those statements. She said she slapped Chris in Europe and that he put her in the wall to calm her down. Per the report. Again dont know if its true or not.
OK CHRIS STANS…I’M GOING TO BE REAL IMMATURE AND SAY “I TOLD YOU SO”
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you ain told me E-MF THANG, but I’m telling you a judge doesn’t tell BOTH the defendent and the witness to learn from their actions!!! THe bytch ain innocent, but Chris took the fall for her, Imma be immature and tell ya DAT! If he wants to take responsibility for hitting her back and plead guilty thats a GOOD sign….A sign that this man is NOT THE MONSTER you thought he was! So GTFOH wit dat BULLSHYT!
The higher court will settle this. She should be doing the same as him….
@42 you right, what ever took place before that lead to the plea agreement is what matters and he looked out for her in the end… But again the higher one will prevail..
This was an excessive sentence. 5 years, 14,000 hours of community service, rehabilitation program. This is a lot for a first time offender. I have said it before and I will say it again….if RiRi was a darker skinned chick those pictures wouldn’t have gotten as much play as they had. She’s beige and she appeared to bruise easy. I think that they fight all the time and he had just had enough. I’m not saying what he did was right, but they were both children and didn’t know that it was just easier to walk away. I hope both of them get the help they need and move past this.
Krysi I loves you girl! YOU DID THAT..lol I had to let her know as well she aint tell me shyt.
IMO 5 years probation is not a slap on a wrist, I really hope he stays away from her. Its been made clear that yall lil precious Rhi Rhi is disturbed.
@Krysi: I’m sorry, but did you read what you wrote?
Krysi said:
If he wants to take responsibility for hitting her back and plead guilty thats a GOOD sign….A sign that this man is NOT THE MONSTER you thought he was! So GTFOH wit dat BULLSHYT!
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Its a good sign that Chris plead guilty for ‘hitting her back’??? And because he plead guilty that proves he is NOT the monster we thought he was?? Hmmmmmm.
That has to be one of the most ignorant cluster of words ever put forth into a sentence, that I’ve heard in a long time.
ALL YOU HEFFAS CAN SUCK A D…. AND THAT’S REAL
STILL WAITING FOR THE PROOF SHE HIT HIM FIRST-OTHER THAN RUMORS
CRICKETS……………………..