Attorney Mark Geragos looks on as singer Chris Brown is arraigned at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on March 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Chris Brown is being charged with two felonies for assault on the alleged victim "Robyn F.", who is reportedly singer Rihanna, who's real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, during an argument on February 8, 2009.

There'll be a discussion on Larry King Live tonight.

I think partly why this garners so much attention aside from their celebrity is because they're so young. For some reason abusive relationships amongst teens and young adults aren't talked about or taken as seriously but this is precisely when when intervention is most crucial.

728huey said:

What is he apologizing for if he didn't do anything?

StarCat said:

Stupid quotes from the org:

JackieBlue said:

and imagine how many women (and men) go through this each day with no one else knowing or even caring. if any good comes of this, it's that it brings forth open discussion and hopefully some revaltions for people.

728huey said:

What are you talkin about foo? He knows what he did and admitted it. You think he has a "fair trial" in this with not ONE scratch on his face? Ya'll kill me with this shit.

paisleypark4 said:

ahhh gotcha

Vendetta1 said:

Ex stupid here!



There are a million bazillion things that went into why I stayed with my abuser, even after the second, third, fourth, fifth.....time. Fear being the biggest factor. Love was mixed in there. Lack of self respect or true knowledge of myself. I was exactly her age when my abusive relationship started and I know the many reasons why. Most of them, after the fact, are totally senseless. There is no sense when you're in this though.

728huey said:

FOOL SHUT UP!!!!!

StarCat said:

Exactly.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah I understand you whole heartedly! I remember that post you made yo. In mine..what made me stay the most was that I didnt know where I was going to go even though I had many rescources. Living with the person and I didn't know how I was going to get out sooner. Love and sex are two things that are kind of hard to be in control of.
Rhianna has no excuse though. She has all the rescources in the world.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

there are two dealbreakers for me: you cheat on me or you hit me. I believe if a person does it once, he'll do it again.

But, it is easy for me to say this because I don't trust another living soul to get into any relationship, period.

Vendetta1 said:

Graycap23 said:

Yup. What a lil' bitch.

Graycap23 said:

I agree> I don't care who he is, Chris Brown is not above the law. This doesn't even seem real.

So she didn't have to take him to court herself.
So if they got married, does that mean she doesn't have to testify against him now?

Vendetta1 said:

Well I am very happy to say that nobody will ever lay their hands on me again. Once is the last. Mostly because I just chopped off their hands

JasonWill1980 said:

yep, this was pure stupidity. I always got confused with Chris Brown, Akon and Ne-Yo. They all seem alike to me.

But wasn't CB the one who performed Thriller in 2006??

So on Larry King they said that Rihanna is going to testify. Doesn't sound like a reconciliation to me.

Okay, they have reconciled.

She had an opportunity to really rise up. And she may have missed it.
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^^Yeah, I was confused about her lawyer saying she'd testify too. Testify for the prosecution or defense? Not sure what that meant....How do you know for sure they have reconciled. I mean, I figured they had to a certain degree, but what confirmed that for you from watching this show?

kano1987 said:

Hell no!!!! You need to check yourself and stop jumping to conclusions before we hear all of the facts. Whatever you think of Chris Brown, his music, or woman batterers in general, he's allowed to have his day in court, and he's allowed to put Rihanna on the stand under oath to testify, For all we know, maybe she instigated this whole episode by slapping him in the face while they were driving and nearly caused a crash, and he went off on her because of that. At this point, we still don't know; these are only official allegations. Until then, or until he pleads out for probation, people need to look at this objectively. It was the whole public release of Nicole Simpson's 911 call with an angry and furious OJ in the background that got most of America convinced that OJ killed her and Ron Goldman, when people knew that there were a number of huge holes in the case, and it's this whole attitude that's getting people to convict Chris Brown already before we hear everything about this.

TonyVanDam said:

I never understand why that is considered humor . . . .

Again, looking for justifications against Rhianna

bettybop said:

Only that Larry and two of the guests said that they reconciled. Of course I still believe on Rihanna can say. If it's based on them talking at Diddy's house, well that's hardly a reconciliation. I guess the truth of that will eventually come out.

so she doesn't want an order for him to stay away? If she is back with this dude...

Vendetta1 said:

She's probably being pressured by a million people not to jeopardize his career.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I think the idea was more along the lines of without knowing more, we can't rule out the fight being something started by Rihanna.

Why she was in his phone . . . . IF you don't trust him or respect him enough, why are you even with him?
I don't care if I'm gone overnight. If I don't ask you to check my phone, leave it alone. Like my wallet.
If I can't trust you to be around my wallet and phone, I'm not trying to be around you like that.

Which is no excuse for what he did to her. Clearly the police report shows he overreacted. Trying to push her out the car should've given him pause.

And what's up with telling her he's really gonna beat her ass when they get home? Was he doing a bonus round or something? (Suggesting this was nothing new for either of them.)

these actions on both of their parts are taught from somewhere. either at home or society in general. eventhough they are responsible for their actions as ADULTS. i think the bigger picture lies in the psychology of it. him going to anger management seems like it would be a day at a spa. abuse is something deep rooted.

What's sad is that a lot of victims of abuse want to leave but don't have the resources whether it be support, finances, relocation spot, whatever. Rihanna has most of this stuff covered. She just needs to get the emotional aspect together. The courage to know that she can be okay without him. But if there's any truth that he was moving on or had moved on to someone else and she was still into him than this will be tougher than expected. And at that age, many young people can't imagine anything more than what they are in. They haven't lived enough to know that relationships are nice but you can live without them and the person you love.
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SoulAlive said:

Why should he be locked up? He's not a threat to himself or others, and is not a flight risk.