The Los Angeles district attorney has reportedly asked police detectives to dig up more evidence as they build their case against singer Chris Brown.
The police are getting cooperation from Rihanna, Brown's alleged battery victim, and what she has told them so far is even more chilling than presumed.
E! News reports that Rihanna has alleged to police that Chris Brown not only inflicted horrific injuries on her, but choked her while threatening to kill her.
She says she lost consciousness in the midst of this.
The couple is said to have been squabbling after leaving Clive Davis' pre-Grammy Awards party late Saturday. Shortly after midnight, things blew up.
Cops say a message from a woman who wrote about hooking up with Brown may have played a role in triggering the argument. However, there's also a reference in the police report to an argument over a rapper, but this is NOT the woman who texted Brown.
In any case, Chris Brown pulled his rented Lamborghini to the side of a street in L.A.'s Hancock Park area. That was when Rihanna allegedly grabbed the car keys and tossed them out the window, sending Brown into a blinding rage.
Rihanna's account of her assault by Chris Brown is disturbing to say the least.
He tried in vain to find the keys, then came back to the car, put his hands around her neck and, according to the insider, said, "I'm going to kill you!"
According to the source, the 20-year-old "Disturbia" singer told L.A. police investigators that she lost consciousness, and when she awoke, Brown had fled.
Rihanna's right eye was blackened and badly swollen, and she had hand prints on her arms after she regained consciousness.
The responding officers were so concerned about her, they drove Rihanna to the hospital in their squad car instead of waiting for an ambulance.
Officers took two sets of photos of the banged-up star, one at the scene and the second after she was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment.
According to a source cited by TMZ, Brown allegedly hit Rihanna so hard, she could barely open her eyes - they were almost completely swollen shut.
She had a fat lip, her mouth was swollen, her nose was badly bloodied, and she had contusions on her forehead and on both sides of her face.
Those photos were presumably among the evidence presented to the D.A.
After being treated for her injuries, police escorted Rihanna down a rear elevator and into a waiting Mercedes, the source close to the case says.
Chris Brown, 19, was subsequently arrested for battery and on suspicion of making criminal threats. He was released after posting $50,000 bail.
His lawyer, Mark Geragos, has not responded to repeated requests for comment on the allegations. Brown's publicist also has not commented on this.
A spokeswoman for Rihanna declined to comment specifically on details of the fight and the arrest and stuck to her earlier statement from Sunday:
"Rihanna is well. Thank you for concern and support."
If the incident with the car keys was what led Brown to completely fly off the handle, there is no confirmed account of what the couple was fighting about.
A number of rumors have surfaced, such as the text message theory above or that Rihanna gave him herpes, but nothing conclusive or detailed.
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February 11th, 2009 12:44 PM
i think chris is a buly for hitting such a tender and loving star like rihanna .he should be delt with.
February 11th, 2009 1:10 PM
Here's 2 cents for all men and want to be men out there! Never I mean Never Hit a woman.............run first!
Then only in selfdefence.....push her out the way and run again....Never hit a woman....period!
February 11th, 2009 1:15 PM
Chris Brown.......is a little boy.
He don't even know what to do to Rihana...or where to put it for that matter...hehehe.......
Chris Brown is a little B _ _ _ H...you don't hit women!
Mr. Brown you are done! Stick a fork in you pal....you're done!
I sure hope you save some of that "double mint gum" money cause you gonna need it!
February 11th, 2009 2:20 PM
Rasheeda, you're a f*cking loser and a b*tch!!! Only stupid ass lil boys hit women. You must have a small d*ck and think you gotta beat on women to make up for the size! Get a f*cking life! You NEVER hit women, any men who do are worthless asseholes that will get what's coming to them! I hope you enjoy your good buddy bubba in jail! Do you know what they do to women beaters in jail?! Chris Brown is about to find out!! He's done!
February 11th, 2009 4:03 PM
i think is good fi har but i also feel sorry fi har mi wa si a pic of her with the biteeeeeeeeee
February 11th, 2009 5:20 PM
i bet she hit him first and then couldn't finish what she started!!!!
chirs Browns career is far from over. Look at LilWayne, he got caught with alot of drugs and money and he is top of the Rap world right now. Look how many times Snoop has been arrested and his career is cool. Hell he even has his own reality series. So dont go acting like this is going to ruin his career.
February 11th, 2009 5:39 PM
yall all r stupid chris brown is a dummy
February 11th, 2009 6:36 PM
rihanna didnt give him herpes
that is the stupidest thing i ever heard
you cant believe everything you hear people!
no one is ever gonna get the full story, only chris and rihanna knows what REALLY happened
February 11th, 2009 6:42 PM
Maybe - just maybe - Chris Brown needs a little of his own medicine.
I say line him up a date with Aileen Wuornos (the subject of the 'Monster' movie). How good does he feel now that he has shattered her trust and security - not only in relationships - but any men! CB is sad - so sad - and I have nothing but pity for him. Wait until he pulls out the "but I was a victim of abuse" card! My God - how old and worn out that card is. If he is old enough to handle the responsibility of millions of dollars and a super star status - then he can suck it up and accept the responsibility and the title of ABUSER, BASHER, JUVENILE DELINQUENT, THIEF, WOMAN HATER and CONTROL FREAK. Congratulations to you Chris Brown - It will before I ever listen to or buy a song of yours again. There is no way I am gong to feed that massive overblown and out of control ego that you have!!! As your career sinks to the bottom of the pits of "never to be back" may Rihanna's star continues to climb to the highest heights so that sh can look down upon you with the pity that you so rightly do not deserve.
February 11th, 2009 7:13 PM
Sorry but from experience small d!ck dudes don't hit women they get hit by women. Its the big d!ck dudes who get away with abusing women why do you think the women keep going back? think about it? women get good sex and stay no matter how hard a man goes up side they head. I personally haven't been in a violent relationship I have friends and family who have. I learned from them that it aint for me. I stick with the small d!ck dudes they do what ever you tell em with they insecure self's lol