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It was an SMS that started it: Rihanna/Brown Update
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 9 March 2009
So court papers made available last week give us a little more insight, at last, as to what actually happened between Chris Brown and Rihanna after that pre-Grammy party last month. Brown, as previously reported, was in court on Thursday to be formally charged with assault. He didn’t enter a plea to the charges against him.
The papers reveal that, as was rumoured at the time, it was a text message on Brown’s phone that kicked off the violent row between the power couple of American pop. Rihanna, referred to as Robyn F in the papers (her real name is Robyn Fenty), apparently discovered a text message from another woman on her other half’s phone. During the row that followed Brown allegedly tried to push his girlfriend out of the rented Lamborghini sports car they were in, shoving her head against the passenger window and repeatedly punching her in the face. Which was nice of him.
Brown was there to hear the charges against him last week. Rihanna was not present, but her lawyer was in attendance for the hearing. The LA court commissioner overseeing last week’s session postponed the proceedings until 6 Apr and then issued a protective order against Brown, telling him: “Mr Brown, you are not to annoy, harass, molest, threaten or use force or violence against anyone”. Rihanna’s lawyer, Donald Etra, did not request any additional orders to be issued against Brown, telling the judge that his client did not feel a restraining order was necessary. Given the reports the couple are, in fact, back together, that would figure.
Those reports, and other rumours that Rihanna had stopped cooperating with offices investigating the crime, led to speculation that the singer would not testify against her possibly ex-ex. Etra, though, said last week his client would take to the witness stand if she was asked to do so, though he did add that she was legally obliged to anyway if subpoenaed, so that doesn’t necessarily mean Rihanna is planning on providing the killer testimony that could put Brown in jail.
No mention at all in those court papers, by the way, of Eamon Holmes’ role in this whole escapade. As you’ll remember, back in January, when talking about American pop stars and their ridiculously large entourages, the former GMTV man told reporters: “Rihanna, for example, is a beautiful girl, but if she was your daughter, you’d give her a slap and tell her to wise up. She is surrounded by people who treat her like a little flower”.
Now, he isn’t Rihanna’s mother, but isn’t it possible Chris Brown took Eamon’s words too literally two weeks later? Isn’t it possible the biggest star in US R&B is a big fan of the Sky/Lottery presenter? OK, no. No it’s not.
