Haunting Photo of Battered Rihanna is Leaked
A photo of Rihanna showing bad facial bruises allegedly sustained in an assault by Chris Brown has been posted by celeb gossip site TMZ. It is rather disturbing.
The Los Angeles police department has launched an internal investigation over what it is calling an unauthorized release of the photo of Rihanna, clearly showing injuries she sustained from an alleged assault by Chris Brown two Sundays ago.
"The photo has the appearance of one taken during an official investigation," says a police statement. "The Los Angeles Police Department takes seriously its duty to maintain the confidentiality of victims of domestic violence."
The LAPD said that Thursday evening it "began receiving numerous inquiries about the release of a photograph associated with a domestic violence incident that occurred on February 8, 2009, involving the entertainer Chris Brown."
There have been some bogus Rihanna pictures going around, but this one appears to be the real thing - a haunting close-up of the woman with her eyes closed and severe bruises and cuts covering her forehead, lips and cheeks.
We have elected not to post it on our homepage due to the upsetting nature of the photo, but you may follow the jump if you wish to view it:
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November 5th, 2009 2:56 AM
I don't know why or how anyone could minimize what Mr. Brown did to this little girl. When a person is in this type of situation, they don't know what to do and only fear for their life. You want to hide the keys from the guy so he doesn't get a DUI and go to jail, or should you give him the keys so he doesn't smack you, do you talk to him, don't talk to him, move, don't move, breath, don't breath - violent attackers get into this mode where they are not the person you know, love, respect and are not able to distinguish between right and wrong. Unfortunately, her story is exactly like mine and many other girls that I met at the support meetings. The man I knew and loved would change into a totally different person, one that was completely crazy. So no one can sit back and say she should have done this or that - in the situation, if you even breath, they hit and beat - so what does one do until they can get out??? You can't even imagine. Then if they let you leave, then you just
June 25th, 2009 11:29 PM
And True he should have never laid his hands on a girl sorry qmoney i just realized he put his hands on a woman and that is not cool at all he should have 2 pay for the damages done to rhianna. i bealive treating women with respect and that a real man would never lay his hands on a woman to hurt her. Chris brown needs to b taught a lesson
June 25th, 2009 11:28 PM
And True he should have never laid his hands on a girl sorry qmoney i just realized he put his hands on a woman and that is not cool at all he should have 2 pay for the damages done to rhianna. i bealive treating with respect and that a real man would never lay his hands on a woman to hurt her
June 25th, 2009 11:24 PM
Q MOney u r a dick licking ball muncher chris did nothing wrong he is innocent he said he was sorry and dont b jelous that he can date her and ur ugly ass cant
May 20th, 2009 1:05 AM
i love chris brown so much but wat he did was so not caused 4 dat was a real bitch move i really just didnt like rhianna like dat simply bkuz she was going with my future husband n i was kinda pissed off dat he wud put his hands on a female dats a real turn off but i dont give a fucc wat nobody say CHRIS BROWN I STILL LOVE U N IM STILL YO BIGGEST FAN....Renee from MEMPHIS TN
April 1st, 2009 9:10 AM
this is sad man chris brown lost all his cool points from me i dont care what nobody say ! ! he should not be hittinq a female ! ! !
March 7th, 2009 12:38 PM
Wow.They soooooo exaggerated.She dosent look as bad as they described but its still pretty bad.
March 6th, 2009 6:47 AM
ohhhhhhh poor her...........hate cris broun.........how could he do smth like that??????????????
March 2nd, 2009 6:01 PM
SHAME BITCH!
SHAME!!!!!!!
March 2nd, 2009 6:49 AM
and melissa and (bianca) but mostly melissa girl i dont jugde u that you love chris brown...im a radio dj and im in love with his music but girl plz it doesnt give him da right to hit a women...just put it like this girl..say u love a guy and he loves u to and one day u guys are fighting(girl u wont just fight with ur man if u love him...he must upset u to make u fight with him)u feel hurt coz he doesnt understand where u comeing from and he is maybe also sad coz u dont know where he is comeing from so u guys get mad...girl u wont go hiting him wud ya,and just for one moment think how it must feel if he starts beating u up...da man u love girl is beating u,no way i dont think u wud be happy u wud be disipointed coz poeple fight everyday no need for him to hit you u are a women,his women...it hurts when someone u love hearts you,and how must it feel if poeple behind ur back says u deserves it,girl it wud braek ur heart coz no matter what u did u dont deserve being beat up by a man it is