Chris Brown investigated for possible assault
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is under investigation for an alleged assault in a West Hollywood parking lot, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said early Monday.
Deputies responding to a report of six men fighting Sunday night found the scene clear, but were told by witnesses there had been a brief fight over a parking space.
"The altercation allegedly led to Chris Brown punching the victim," the department said in a statement released early Monday morning.
The "victim" wasn't identified, but the celebrity website TMZ, which first reported the fight outside the Westlake Recording Studio, said it also involved Frank Ocean, one of the top nominees at the Grammy Awards next month.
In a Twitter posting later, Ocean said he "got jumped by (Brown) and a couple guys" and suffered a finger cut.
It wasn't Brown's first problem in the run-up to the Grammys. His attack on singer Rihanna on the eve of the 2009 awards event overshadowed the show.
Last June, he was injured in a brawl with members of hip-hop star Drake's entourage at a New York nightclub.
No arrests were made. Brown was gone by the time deputies arrived but the department said the investigation is ongoing and Brown would be contacted later.
Email messages to Ocean's publicist and Brown's lawyer and representative were not immediately returned. A man answering the phone at the recording studio declined to comment.
Deputies responding to a report of six men fighting Sunday night found the scene clear, but were told by witnesses there had been a brief fight over a parking space.
"The altercation allegedly led to Chris Brown punching the victim," the department said in a statement released early Monday morning.
The "victim" wasn't identified, but the celebrity website TMZ, which first reported the fight outside the Westlake Recording Studio, said it also involved Frank Ocean, one of the top nominees at the Grammy Awards next month.
In a Twitter posting later, Ocean said he "got jumped by (Brown) and a couple guys" and suffered a finger cut.
It wasn't Brown's first problem in the run-up to the Grammys. His attack on singer Rihanna on the eve of the 2009 awards event overshadowed the show.
Last June, he was injured in a brawl with members of hip-hop star Drake's entourage at a New York nightclub.
No arrests were made. Brown was gone by the time deputies arrived but the department said the investigation is ongoing and Brown would be contacted later.
Email messages to Ocean's publicist and Brown's lawyer and representative were not immediately returned. A man answering the phone at the recording studio declined to comment.
Maybe we should start treating the different entertainment industries like sports leagues. If a performer shames the industry with their outside behavior then they get fined and if they're using drugs then they should get penalties and be stripped of their awards because they're "cheating" us out of being able to read a paper without this type of garbage in it and they're "cheating" our kids out of good role models. Chris Brown disgusts me. Any man that can hit a woman should not have a fan following. I saw the way he left her face. No camera should document his.
Tons of money and success, total lack of perspective.
Ughhh, he's vile and ugly.
Huh, age 23. Has to wait for more years for someone to gun him down - and he can be a proud member of Club 27.
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If you've ever watched the Boondocks on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, and seen the Stinkmeaner episode - Chris Brown is THE walking living definition of what a n******* moment is.
This guy is a skidmark on the underwear of society. He had so much promise when he was younger, he needs therapy.
Kind of looks like a punk..
Fists of fury, he sure likes administering a beatdown, doesn't he?
Innocent until proven guilty!...err I mean until his lawyers settle out of court.
Wonder what little girl this punk beat up THIS time.
I will never understand it. Why do people make "stars" out of trash like this and others who appear in the news all too often for all of the wrong reasons?