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A day after being sentenced to five years of probation for assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown sat down with Larry King to tape what ET says was an "emotional" interview.

ET reports that Brown was joined by his mother, Joyce Hawkins, who got so emotional she even started to cry at one point, as well as his attorney Mark Geragos.

Brown issued a public apology for the incident in July, which many thought was a case of too little too late. Is this recent appearance another attempt to improve his badly battered image? And will it work?