It's been weeks since we reported on claims that Rihanna was refusing to cooperate with prosecutors as they build a case against her possibly ex boyfriend Chris Brown, who allegedly beat her up in an LA street and then ran away back in February. Those rumours won't go away, though. This is possibly because it's the one rumour that people can continue to report on after exhausting all the they're together/they're not together/they're married angles.
Not any more, though. Rihanna's lawyer and one of the prosecutors have now come out to refute any claims of non-cooperation. Her lawyer, Donald Etra, said that the claims were "totally incorrect", while Sandi Gibbons of the LA District Attorney's Office confirmed: "We have been in contact with attorney and he has always said she is a cooperating victim". We'll find out for sure soon enough though, as Brown is set to be arraigned on 6 Apr.
Meanwhile, the one thing that's been bothering me about this whole case is this: what does US R&B star Soulja Boy make of it all? Well good news people. He's told Entertainment Weekly exactly what he thinks: " needs to be focused on fixing himself right now and fixing the relationship. I don't know what went wrong or what happened exactly, but I couldn't be more shocked. Both of them are my friends, and I wish both of them the best of luck. They were really good together, and it is sad that it happened. It came out of nowhere. I would have never seen that coming. It is not like him at all. Not his nature".
Mr Boy, who has toured with both Rihanna and Brown, also cautioned us, the general public, from forming an opinion about what happened after that pre-Grammy party before Brown has been properly judged for his alleged crimes. Though by that he seems to mean judged by God, and I don't think the prosecution have scheduled that in yet, so I'm not sure when we are allowed to form an opinion. Anyway, he concluded: "Only God can judge. None of us know exactly what went down that weekend. Only they know the whole truth, and it will be up to them to decide if they can get straight with it and whether they will want to continue as a couple. I can just be there if either of them need me".