
Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation and six months of physical labor after the February beating of Rihanna. In addition, he was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from her for the next five years unless they are at an industry function. If any of his sentence is violated, Brown could be sent to prison.
The sentencing hearing, which was originally supposed to be held on Thursday, was expedited to this afternoon at Brown’s lawyer’s request. The judge had delayed the hearing because she wanted to be assured that Brown would complete the physical labor, which is different from community service. This term includes mentoring youths and will be completed in his homestate of Virginia.
Two previous incidents of Brown’s abuse were illustrated in a probation report at the hearing. It described one specific incident in which Rihanna had slapped Brown during an argument in which he then pushed her into a wall. The second incident involved Brown breaking the front and passenger side windows of a Range Rover while visiting Barbados with Rihanna. These incidents were not reported to authorities.
Rihanna did not attend Tuesday’s hearing.




