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What Can Chris Brown & Rihanna Expect At Today's Court Hearing?

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Rihanna is scheduled to take the stand this afternoon during ex-boyfriend Chris Brown's preliminary hearing, where the R&B singer is facing felony charges of assault and making criminal threats. Of course, this all stems from the incident that occurred in the early hours of Sunday, February 8 where Chris allegedly beat up Rihanna so severely she wound up in the hospital.

Legal experts tell MTV News that Chris is expected to plead the fifth and not testify, while Rihanna has been subpoenaed by the prosecution and is likely to be questioned about the events of that night. Though Rihanna is legally required to appear in court, she cannot be forced to testify, and if she appears credible on the stand, it could prompt Chris' legal team to accept a plea deal to avoid a trial, which could include jail time. However, if Rihanna's testimony seems unreliable and prosecutors fail to prove that they have a case, Brown's lawyer Mark Geragos could ask for the two felony charges to be reduced or even (gasp!) dismissed on the spot.

However, even without her testimony, it appears as though there may be enough evidence to take Chris' case to trial. The graphic photo taken of Rihanna immediately after the incident, along with the statement that Chris threatened to kill her (not to mention Rihanna being hospitalized) is all information that could land the prosecution a trial date.

If the judge rules that the next step in the process is a trial by jury, Brown will likely have thirty days before he will be arraigned again. During that process, Chris will be "held to answer," meaning he would be required to enter a plea once again - Brown previously pleaded not guilty at his first arraignment.

Think Chris will be able to beat the system? Or will he get properly punished for what he did? And will Rihanna actually testify?

Stay tuned to X17online.com - we will be streaming live from the courthouse at 1:00pm PST...you won't want to miss it!



What do you think will happen at the courthouse today?

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Posted by: Anonymous

RIHANNA NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED TOO! SHE SHOULD'VE KEPT HER DAMN HANDS TO HERSELF! NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO VIOLENTLY PLACE THEIR HANDS ON ANOTHER PERSON REGARDLESS OF GENDER. RIHANNA NEEDS TO STOP PLAYING VICTIM AND OWN UP TO HER PART IN THIS CIRCUS!



Posted by: Anonymous

how do you or anybody know what happened bitch



Posted by: Anonymous

how do you get onto it live???????/



Posted by: Anonymous

How did Charlie Sheen get away with his abuse charges of his former girlfriend. Funny you have him right about the Chris Brown story



Posted by: xxxxxxxxx

GOOD LUCK CHRIS...WE KNOW THAT U DID NOTHING 2 THAT SICK BITCH



Posted by: Anonymous

good luck chris



Posted by: Anonymous

Well if the bitch from New York Housewives can get off for punching and breaking her boyfriends nose that had to
be readjusted and bruised lip which is
ten times worse that what dipshit got..
Let him off for good today too.. justice
is just that justice equal both ways



Posted by: Anonymous

GOOD LUCK CHRIS YOU DESERVE IT



Posted by: Ms.BR33ZY

GOOD LUCK CHRIS!! LUV YHOO! X
HOW R U GUNNA GET IN THERE LIVE??
X



Posted by: Anonymous

im with u guys

good luck chris



Posted by: sdj

goodluck chris?! you people are sick. rihanna was brutally beaten. pictures prove it and anyone who suggests there is another (reasonable) explanation is out of their god damn mind. no one knows who hit firts, however there is a law that protects peopel from unreasonable force. Obviously he came away without a scratch (if she even laid a hand on him--no proof of that)and she was brutally beaten

HE IS GUILTY. HE DESERVEWS TO PAY THE CONSEQUENCES.



Posted by: Anonymous

what the?!

even if rih hit him first, IF is the keyword here, where were his bruises? NOTHING she could have done to him deserves what she has been through. We don't know everything as of yet, but the state of each of them afterwards does give some clue...

how anybody could defend his sick ass is beyond me. oh my word. he has displayed NO REGRET whatsoever [i am not a monster ¬_¬] and he deserves a right punishment.

"good luck chris" whatever.... smdh. what on earth has happened to this world if people are DELUDED enough to wish that monster good luck...

prison is too damn good for him.



Posted by: Anonymous

good luck riri all your fans are behind you and hope he goes to jail soooo soon and for 5 years cz he deserve it!such a women beater! stay strong rih !all my pray for you!



Posted by: Anonymous

Good luck to Chris if the NY housewife
beat her boyfriend broke his nose ..
and a bloody lip.. SHE A ABUSER AND A
MONSTER TOO..



Posted by: CSI

All I am going to say is you can't get symmetrical injuries from a fight, especially in car where there is too many angles and not direct on hit opportunities. He might have hit her, but the bulk of her injuries came from the dash. Her face had to hit the dash because she had two of everything. CSI would tell you those injuries came from a blunt impact not multiple fist.



Posted by: Chris Brown Fan

Pray this prayer for Chris beginning around 1:30pm pst. until the trial is over.
Send this to as many people as you can!

Hey friends, many of us love Chris Brown and want this whole mess to end today in his favor. So let's call on the one that can do all things. Jesus is Jehova Shama, he is whatever we need him to be when we need him to be it. So Father we ask that you work this whole mess out in Chris Brown's favor and that it ends today. Lord we call upon the angels to go and be with him in his time of need. Lord let the angels surround the court house, Chris, his family, the judge, Chris's attorneys, as to bring them guidance to help Chris right now! Lord we send the angels to help make the prosecutors end this thing with no jail time for Chris. Father we know according to your word that the favor of God surrounds us and our families like a shield. Father we thank-you for your blessing, your favor, angelic protections, and for your mercy and grace Lord. In Jesus's name, Amen, Amen. So be it!



Posted by: Anonymous

chris brown fan is one deluded maniac :P



Posted by: @ CSI

Obviously the investigators know what they're doing, all you're doing is drawing conclusions from one photo. They have evidence against him or they wouldn't persue this.



Posted by: @ Chris Brown Fan

Jesus would be ashamed of Chris for what he did to Rhianna. Chris needs to be a law abiding citizen (he has not shown himself to be so by beating RiRi to a bloody pulp) so he MUST pay the consequences or he will do this to another person.

How about you say your prayers for the victims of violence.

You and people who stand behind this kind of behavior are not Godly or religious anything good. You are sorry excuses for human beings. You're ignorant scum.



Posted by: Anonymous

He ran off into the night after beating her face until she needed hospital treatment.
All you Chris fans spin the fact that he ran away, didn’t stay or call for help for her.
He is a disgusting evil person and the judge should throw him under the bus.

His only hope is the incredibly corrupt city attorneys office and the people who work there.



Posted by: bill

The intelligent, civalized unbias human beings out there know Chris is in the wrong here. He he was innocent, what did he apologize for? Why has he not come out and said Rhianna was raging against him? Oh, that's right. Beucase that didn't happen.

Truth WILL prevail and Chris WILL be found guilty.

Chris Brown fans, you should be disillusioned and ashamed--just goes to show what lowly, horrible, trashy people you are to stand by someone who would beat another person.



Posted by: the realist

FYI...

He can't say anything when the case hasn't been closed yet. Some of you really don't understand the judicial system and how it effects people if they speak out on things too soon.
He isn't pleading guilty so there must be something else to it. why would he not if he knew he was sooo wrong, Both of them have come from abusive relationships and they are both the same people from what I read. They are both at fault and all of you are judging him because he's a man. What if he said she beat him for the past 2 years and he finally hit back. Then what? Maybe he didn't want to get get her in trouble because he loved her. However, she knew she hit him so she immediately went to the police to tell her story so she would be the victim. What if that happened? Then what? That actually sounds a little more realistic than someone out of the the blue beating Rihanna up because she questioned him. duhhhhhh????? You all need to open your minds to other ideas other than what the media feeds you. The news is correct, these blog sites are speculation and opinions.



Posted by: Anonymous

guilty for abuse...

well, it is evident what happened there...



Posted by: @ realist

Ugh. You are dense. He has already spoken out and FYI People who are guilty do pleady not guilty. DUMB ASS.
Rihanna is at fault? Oh really? Well the judicial system doesn't agree with you, seeing as Rihanna never had charges broughty against her. Clearly YOU don't udnerstand much, other than your delusions.

As for " all of you are judging him because he's a man." That is BULLSHIT. The photos speak for themselves. If a woman did this to a man I would be JUST AS DISGUSTED.

And "What if he said she beat him for the past 2 years and he finally hit back. Then what?"

Where is the proof? HUH? Thejudicial system needs PROOF. There is NONE. And even if he finally "hit bacK' as you say, the legal system does not protect him, or anyone form retaliating against prior altercations.

All of the BULLSHIT you're writing is madeup nonsense with zero credibility behind it. There is ntohing realistic about being the idiocy you've diplayed.

You are not opening your minds at all--you're making up crap that is based off of NO PROOF. The judicial system doesn't support that.



Posted by: to realist

"That actually sounds a little more realistic than someone out of the the blue beating Rihanna up because she questioned him. "

Um.... no it doesn't. You have much too much time to make up all of the "what ifs" for Chris defense. The criminal justice system requires proof and Chris doesn't have any proof Rihanna beat him, or she would be the one being prosecuted.

And furthermore, two wrongs do not make a right, in morals or in the justice system. If she hit him in the past, it bears no reflection on what happened that night. (And mind you, there is no proof she has ever hit him.)

Lastly, there is a lawe that protects individuals form unreasonable force. If she did in fact hit him that night, he put upon her a ridiculously unequal beatdown. That alone LEGALLY puts ihm to blame.



Posted by: the realist

I must begin to even say that you sound like a woman beater or a verbally abusive person. I have PROOF. I have a right to an opinion and my thoughts. Isn't that what a blog is for? you took it sooo personal and your not Chris nor Rihanna. Or are you? Are you Rihanna, Melissa, Jen?

without talking down to you and calling you derogatory names.......I will say this.....
Until you are God and can see all... Just wait and see what happens. You do not work for the judicial system and neither do I. That is why my statement was a "What if". Get it, "what if"? What if you stopped for a minute and got some help for you anger that you bestow on the internet? Is that like road rage or internet rage for something you have nothing to do with...... LMAO



Posted by: Ana

We have seen her face, what else do we all need to see?!?



Posted by: Ana

We have seen her face, what else do we all need to see?!?



Posted by: Ana

We have seen her face, what else do we all need to see?!?



Posted by: Anonymous

'm a woman beater? haha. I AM a woman and I've never hit anyone.
You do NOT have any proof, and while you may be entitled to your thoughts, the law doesn't protect you from people who are calling you out as wrong, among other things.

I never said I was God, however you are speaking as if you are Him. YOU are not waiting to see what happens., YOU are passing judgement and YOU are making up scenarios that have NO PROOF. NONE WHATSOEVER.

You are as bad as the media, spreading rumors with your "What if" statements. That is exactly what you are doing, too; and while I may not work for the judicial system, I ahve a family memeber who does and I know how it works--you don't. You've shown that much, with your words.

I have no anger issues, I only have distast for ignorant idiots such as yourself :) hehe.



Posted by: ann

chris brow is a monster MONSTER!!!!
THERE IS A PROOF, A PHOTO OF A WOMEN BITTEN SO BAD,
CHRIS IS A MOSTER!!! hope he goes to jail for 5 at least !



Posted by: Anonymous

I guess we will all see. I hope you don't have children or maybe you do and you have been beaten. That may be why you have such anger and are so negative toward any one else's opinions. if so, I apologize for your hurt or pain. If not, read your bible, koran, etc... and realize that your being judgemental and that he will meet his maker and so will all of us. That is the only judgement day. God Bless you and have a wonderful day. Work on that anger though, it's not becomeing and it's unwarranted on a blog. It's just a blog.



Posted by: Anonymous

Chris and RiRi, both need to go to anger management. God Bless Them Both



Posted by: Anonymous

Chris and RiRi, both need to go to anger management. God Bless Them Both they need to get counseling and they need to go there separate ways



Posted by: Anonymous

Wel none of us knws wat hpnd dat nyt nd being judgemental aint gna hlp no one we neva saw wat hpnd its between God riri nd chris if yal gna go by hear say yal jst gna get angry ova shit i knw hw it feels 2 be beaten nd iv seen it hpn 2 my fam nd loved ones so until yal dnt knw ur fact dnt say anyting



Posted by: Anonymous

GAY GAY GAY THERE ALL FUCKEN GAY







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