In 2009, Brown was charged with felony assault after a physical altercation with his then-girlfriendRihanna.
“All I kept thinking was, When is it going to stop?”
she said, recalling that she “fended [Brown] off with my feet.”
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Police were summoned, but Brown and his entourage had left the scene by the time they arrived.
At the time, the singer was still on probation following his 2009 assault of Rihanna.
Brown spent 36 hours in jail, and later plead guilty to misdemeanor assault.
Chris Brown; Rihanna.Tibrina Hobson/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty
He wassentenced to time servedin September 2014 for the incident.
Two months later,he was sentencedto 131 days in prison for violating his probation.
He wasgranted early releasethe following month provided he remained on probation and met with a psychiatrist twice a week.
Chris Brown in Sept. 2014.Mark Gail/For The Washington Post via Getty
PerThe Guardian,Brown was released after he obtained emigration clearance.
The matter wassettled out of courtin 2019.
I aint did s, aint gonna do s. Its always going to be f the police.
Karrueche Tran (L) and Chris Brown (R).D Dipasupil/WireImage
When you get the warrant, it’s possible for you to walk right up in here.
Brown eventually met with authorities outside of his home while law enforcement searched the house.
The singer was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, but charges werenever filed.
Chris Brown in 2022.Joseph Okpako/WireImage
The trio also allegedly took the victims phone and would not return it.
When the victims mother became concerned, she phoned police who soon arrived at Browns home.
Browns lawyer, Mark Geragos, called the allegations a shakedown and noted that his client was a target.
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The lawsuit waslater dismissedin April 2020 after Brown settled out of court.
The warrant stemmed from an April 2017 incident in which police saidBrown allegedly sucker punched a club photographer.
Brown was released after posting bond.
He then appeared to address the arrest on Instagram by sharing a shirtless photo of himself on stage.
Whats NEW???
he wrote alongside an eye-roll emoji.
Show tomorrow!!!!
Prosecutors laterdropped the chargesin August 2019 due to insufficient evidence.
Police custody is still in progress," the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office toldPEOPLEat the time.
Brown denied the allegations.
When the charges were later dropped, he filed adefamation suitagainst his accuser.
Brown inevitably reached a settlement with the company.
In August 2022, a judgedismissed the case.
on July 19, 2024.
The plaintiffs were awarded a temporary restraining order from Brown and the other named defendants.
The case has not yet proceeded to trial.
We had talked, and he had handed me a drink.
But one of Doe’s former attorneys, Ariel Mitchell, is currently representing her again.
In the documentary, Doe claimed that she received death threats following the assault.
“Coming forward with this now, I just hope I can shed light on what really happened.”
Chris Brown: A History of Violenceis streaming on Discovery Plus.
