Chris Brown surrendered to Los Angeles police on Sunday evening regarding a felony battery investigation of the R&B singer, LAPD officer Karen Smith confirmed.
"He turned himself in around 7 p.m. to one of our stations and is being interviewed by detectives right now," Smith said of Brown, 19, who was taken into custody at around 6:30 p.m. PST and was booked for criminal threat at 7:41 p.m.
He posted $50,000 bail and was released. At least one celebrity news source says the victim in the alleged battery was his girlfriend, Rihanna.
The case is being presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office; additional charges may be filed. He is due in court March 5.
Chris Brown is being investigated for an incident that occurred early Sunday morning near Hancock Park in Los Angeles after an unidentified woman phoned 911.
The woman claimed she got in a fight with the singer and he attacked her.
Police say the woman had visible injuries. When officers arrived, they found the victim, but Brown had already left the scene, police say.
While Brown appeared unscathed, sources tell E! News that the alleged victim was in fact Rihanna, 20, and she suffered visible bruises on her face during an early morning confrontation. No report has officially named the victim.
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times has now identified Rihanna as the alleged victim as well, citing LAPD sources familiar with the case. Due to the department's protocol, however, victims' names are not released to the public at this stage.
Both Brown and Rihanna pulled out of Sunday's Grammy Awards at the last minute. Just hours before his arrest, the two looked happy as ever at a Grammys pre-party, as you can see in these Chris Brown and Rihanna pictures ...
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February 9th, 2009 10:32 AM
o chris tão lindo...
não merece essa nojenta.
a rihanna é muita feia..
uma prostituta.
em forma de gente..
nunca gostei dela...
não sei como o chris aguenta esse tipo de pessoa....
eu amo ele...
como nunca amei...
alguém.
num é amor de fã...
é outro tipo de amor.....
te amo chris♥
February 9th, 2009 10:35 AM
eu gosto das musicas do chris brown...
ele é um homem de sucesso...
além dele cantar bem ele dança pra cassete.....
adoro..
as musicas dele...
é um black muito jeitado.
a minha namorada...
a mariele.
que escreveu o comentário..
logo em cima do meu..
ela curti esse cara pra caramba.
é capaz dela gosta mais dele do que de mim....
February 9th, 2009 10:40 AM
WOWWWWW Chris Brown is a loser. No excuse for hitting a woman EZPECIALLY to leave bruises.. ANGER MANAGEMENT is needed for this dude! My boyfriend would NEVER EVER hit me ! You better write a song for her A BIG APOLOGY SONG ! & Rihanna! DUMP HIM anyway!
February 9th, 2009 12:15 PM
I think that Chris Brown acted like an immature beast. If he has indeed beat up on Rihanna, a female he supposed to love, I hope his hands drop off. Useless punk. No self respecting man beats a woman. If you are in a relationship and things are not working out, walk away. There will laways be another man or woman for you. How dare he hit her! I am so mad at him. How would he like aman to beat his mother or maybe that is what he is accustomed to seeing in his home, Punk!!
February 9th, 2009 5:25 PM
OMG!!!! I am totally shocked!!! He seemed so sweet as well, and they are like the perfect couple. That was totally unforgivable of him.
February 9th, 2009 5:26 PM
i totally agree. chris is a little punk. there is not any excuse for hitting a female. and it burns me up to hear people saying that she ''asked'' for it. whether she did or not, thats no excuse to hit her! if he was mad, he should have hit a wall or something.
February 9th, 2009 5:54 PM
wow im so ashamed in chris he was a good role model for young boys and now this beating on a woman......not cool chris.....not cool..
February 9th, 2009 6:47 PM
Come one guys you dont know the full story at all there are two sides to every story so just wait until you find out what actually happened not what you hear through the media coz we all know they twist stuff immensly.
February 9th, 2009 7:02 PM
Why you all gettin so heated over what he did you never know what happened yourself plus if she did give him herpes....wow
February 9th, 2009 7:44 PM
I cannot believe this happened. I am a big fan of Chris Brown and Rhianna respectively. What Chris did to Rhianna was unbelievable, but I'm not holding a grudge against him. For starters, we don't even know the full story only "Chris Brown allegedly beat up Rhianna," but hopefully we'll hear both sides of the story real soon. I'd hate to see Chris Brown go to jail. Not to be disrepectful, I don't know why people are hating on Chris Brown. This is not the first time a celebrity has been charged with domestic violence.
I hope that this situation will hopefully work out. Even it does, my prediction is that Rhianna and Chris Brown's relationship will be permanently damaged and there's a one in a million chance that they'll break up because no woman deserves to be beaten by a man. Domestic violence is wrong whether you're a celebrity or an "average joe." You can agree or disagree with this comment. It's my opinion, like or hate it.