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  • Chris Brown to sue alleged rape victim for defamation

    R&B singer, Chris Brown, 29, said he would take legal action against his alleged rape victim over defamation of character.

    Brown and two others were recently arrested and detained by the Police in France for allegedly raping a 24 year-old woman in his hotel room in Paris on the night of Jan. 15.

    The trio were arrested on Monday and kept in custody while police probe the complaint, but later released on Tuesday with investigation still ongoing.

    The singer issued a statement on his Instagram account on Tuesday denying the accusation.

    “I wanna make it perfectly clear ….. This is false and a whole lot of CAP!,” he wrote in the all-caps message. “… For my daughter and my family this is so disrespectful and is against my character and morals!!!!” he wrote

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    Brown’s Parisian lawyer, Raphael Chiche, says, “Chris Brown is free. No lawsuits were filed against him. He vigorously challenges the charges against him. A complaint for slanderous denunciation will be filed tomorrow with the public prosecutor of Paris.’’

    The singer claimed not to have been alone with the women, insisting that he was playing music off his iPhone in the living room of the suite with 20 people around him the entire time the crime was alleged to have occurred.

    According to TMZ news, a source in the judicial system of Paris disclosed that the R&B singer and actor was released with no conditions and free to leave the country is a sign authorities have problems with the case.

  • Chris Brown arrested over rape accusation in France

    R&B singer, Chris Brown, has been arrested in Paris following a rape accusation by a 24-year-old woman.

    French officials said Brown and two others were currently in custody after a woman filed a rape allegation in northwest Paris after meeting her in a nightclub, Fox 5 news reported.

    The arrests were first reported by French tabloid Closer, which said the three were arrested after the woman alleged she was raped at Brown’s hotel suite on the night of January 15.

    Police said one of the others held is Brown’s bodyguard.

    The singer was arrested on Monday and remains in custody while police probe the complaint.

    The woman is said to have followed the singer to his hotel room where the incident allegedly occurred.

    Prosecutors in the French capital confirmed that the 29-year-old faced criminal charges after the alleged sex attack a week ago.

    “He is accused of a rape and is being held at the judicial police offices in the 1st arrondissement,” said a prosecuting source.

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    “He was arrested with two others on Monday, and interviews and other enquiries are ongoing. The offence is said to have taken place on the night of January 15 this year.”

    The complainant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she met Brown at a nightclub and then returned to his hotel with other women and a total of three men.

    “The woman said she was abused by Brown, a bodyguard, and a friend, and then she was left alone with the star,” said another source in Paris.

    “A total of three men were arrested at Brown’s hotel. They did not resist police, and now have lawyers representing them.”

    Brown’s publicists at Sony Music would not immediately comment.

  • Chris Brown banned from fitness centre

    Chris Brown banned from fitness centre

    Controversial American singer, Chris Brown, won’t be stepping foot inside a Life Time fitness centre again, according to the company who just slapped the artiste with a lifetime ban after he went ballistic at their NYC location.

    TMZ who broke the story says “Brown was booted from the gym Friday after getting into it with a manager. We’re told Chris and his crew were on the basketball courts playing loud music, cussing and hurling insults. Witnesses say a manager asked them to leave and Chris lost it … even spitting on the way out.”

    A rep of the company says Chris’ actions, behaviour and aggression toward their staff was completely unacceptable and they’ve got no place for it.

    The singer and his group have been banned permanently from the company’s more than 100 locations.

    Chris is however yet to react to the ban.

  • CHRIS BROWN FINDS STRANGE NAKED WOMAN IN HIS BED

    CHRIS BROWN FINDS STRANGE NAKED WOMAN IN HIS BED

    CHRIS Brown returned home Wednesday night to find an unknown naked woman in his bed. The 26-year-old singer arrived to his property in Agoura Hills, California, only to make a shocking discovery after celebrating his birthday in Las Vegas.

    According to a Thursday report on TMZ, the Loyal hit-maker quickly sprung into action and called the police and the 21-year-old woman was taken into custody.

    The woman was booked for felony burglary and felony vandalism, according to the website.

    Chris claims he found a few of his prized possessions had been vandalised, according to a post he made on his Instagram page along with a picture of the alleged intruder.

    Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the woman had spray painted ‘Mrs. Brown’ on both his silver Rolls-Royce and black Range Rover.

    Chris and his crew reportedly grew suspicious when they arrived at 9PM to discover her clothes were also found in the foyer and ‘I LOVE YOU’ was spray painted on the kitchen counter.

    They began to search the property when they found the 21-year-old nude woman in the New Flame singer’s bed.

  • Chris Brown and Wizkid perform in South Africa

    Chris Brown and Wizkid perform in South Africa

    Wizkid has been spotted performing with Chris Brown in South Africa.

    Wizkid  joined Chris Brown on stage to perform AfricanBadGirl which they had recorded together in Durban, South Africa during the Chris Brown world tour tagged XTour.

    Wizkid and his crew, SeunFamodu, SesanOgunro and DJMaphorisa, arrived in Durban after shooting a music video in Johannesburg earlier on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

    Chris Brown as seen in videos from the concert is seen having a great time performing while the crowd went wild.

    This is not the first time the stars are performing together. They both performed in Ghana in 2013.

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  • Karrueche dumps Chris Brown

    Karrueche dumps Chris Brown

    Karrueche Tran, Chris Brown’s off and on girlfriend has finally called it quits with him.

    This decision is in light of reports that 31 year old Nia , someone she had spent a considerable amount of time partying with, might have a 9 month old daughter for her boyfriend.

    25 year old Chris Brown had also been having numerous scandals and problems in the past.

    To confirm this, she tweeted: “Listen, one can only take so much. The best of luck to Chris and his family. No baby drama for me”

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    Reports say Karrueche found out about the child before the media got a hang of it and She was shocked that she could have been kept in the dark the whole time.

     

  • Chris Brown jail sentence extended

    Chris Brown jail sentence extended

    Singer Chris Brown will serve an additional 131 days in jail after admitting to violating his probation, the BBC reports.

    The R&B star admitted to a court in Los Angeles on Friday that he committed a crime in Washington DC last October.

    The Los Angeles judge sentenced Brown to 365 days but gave him credit for 234 days he has spent in rehabilitation and jail.

    Brown has been under court supervision since 2009 when he pleaded guilty to assaulting pop singer Rihanna, who was his girlfriend at the time.

    The Grammy winner has been in custody since March, when he was arrested over alleged violations of his rehabilitation sentence.

    His latest probation violation relates to an altercation in the nation’s capital last year.

    Brown faces a misdemeanour assault charge after a man accused the singer of punching him outside a Washington hotel.

  • Chris Brown remains in rehab despite improvement

    Volatile musician Chris Brown has been ordered by a Los Angeles judge, James Brandlin, to remain in anger management and a drug rehabilitation programme, until his trial in April.

    The controversial singer, among other similar faults, allegedly attacked a 20-year-old student in Washington.

    Although the singer has reportedly responded well to therapy, the judge instructed him to continue receiving treatment until he stands trial for assault, next month.

    Brown was said to cut a serene figure at last Friday’s court hearing, appearing healthy and even seeming to meditate during a pause in proceedings.

    His parole officer told the judge that the 24-year-old singer continues to make great improvement, by attending six to eight therapy sessions each week and passing all of his drug tests.

    According to officials from Brown’s luxury rehab facility, Brown is grappling with other issues, including an untreated mental health disorder, severe sleep deprivation, inappropriate self-medicating and post-traumatic stress disorder. These, according to the officials, were responsible for the artiste’s aggressiveness.

    “He is now learning behavioural strategies,” they said, including relaxation exercises to help him manage his impulsive behaviour.

    Since first checking into rehab in November, Brown left once and was sent back. He also had his probation revoked twice. Even as he receives treatment, Brown is spending about three days a week on community service duty, tidying highways as part of the sentence from his 2009 attack on Rihanna. About 750 hours of labour is yet to be fulfilled.

    The singer also risks being sent to jail through a couple of different means, including the trial in mid-April, for attacking the minor.

    Regardless of the outcome of that case, Brandlin will rule separately, on April 23, whether Brown must go to jail for violating his probation.

    “Never really goes the way u plan. #LIFE,” Brown tweeted after the court session last Friday. His sixth album, X, will be released on May 5.

  • Chris Brown to stay in rehab instead of jail

    Chris Brown to stay in rehab instead of jail

    he five-year-old assault case against R&B singer Chris Brown came to the fore again, with a judge turning down calls to send the singer, who is presently in rehab, to jail.

    The arbitrator, James R. Brandlin, a Superior Court judge, denied the prosecution’s request, citing the star’s good behaviour and progress in rehabilitation.

    Brown was sentenced to three months of in-patient rehab in November, after he was arrested and charged for a fight allegedly with a bodyguard in Washington DC.

    The singer agreed to the terms of the rehab conditions, which were suggested by probation officers overseeing a pending sentence for attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.

    One of those arguing the singer should be jailed was Los Angeles Prosecutor Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray, who posited that Brown was a danger to society.

    Murray wanted Brown to be jailed at Monday’s hearing and called for a full probation violation hearing, which would have resulted in evidence about the DC case being presented to Judge Brandlin.

    The prosecutor cited the DC case and an incident in which Brown threw a brick through his mother’s car window after a therapy session in November when she suggested he needed to remain in treatment.

    Murray said she made the motion because she had information about the man whose nose was allegedly broken in the attack, which is said to have involved Brown and his bodyguard.

    However, Brown’s lawyer Mark Geragos argued that the recent changes in Brown’s behaviour were positive and the court should wait to see how the DC case was resolved before having an evidentiary hearing.

    Probation officials reported that Brown “appears to have a more serious and responsible demeanour”, since checking into rehab. And Judge Brandlin has requested an update on the singer’s progress.

    The case is due back in court on February 28.

  • Chris Brown craves anger management

    Chris Brown craves anger management

    24-YEAR-OLD American recording artiste, dancer and actor, Chris Brown, who is out of police custody after reportedly breaking a man’s nose in Washington DC, has volunteered himself for rehabilitation, just so he could learn to manage his anger.

    A statement from a representative of the controversial artiste said; “Chris Brown has elected to enter a rehab facility. His goal is to gain focus and insight into his past and recent behaviour, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point.”

    This is coming just weeks before his court date in relation to his 2009 assault on ex-girlfriend, Rihanna. A man, Adams Parker, claimed that Chris broke his nose. Although the singer denied attacking the complainant, his charges were downgraded to a misdemeanour following conflicting witness accounts.

    The man he assaulted is said to be receiving treatment in hospital, and has said he would need surgery on his nose.

    Brown’s lawyers are concerned that the charge could still violate his parole conditions and jeopardise his current freedom as the Los Angeles Police Department are currently launching an investigation into the matter.

    A source close to the artiste told E! News that Brown was a ‘good kid’ at heart, but what he really needed was a rehab and intensive therapy. “He needs help,” the source said. “He keeps self-medicating with weed and alcohol and that’s when he always gets in trouble.”

    But police investigation on the Washington scuffle stated that the singer was not under the influence of drugs. Brown is no stranger to getting in trouble with the law. Since his infamous assault on Rihanna, he has been embroiled in a string of violent offences, including altercations with rapper Drake and singer Frank Ocean.