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Chris Brown's Mom: Rihanna 'Like a Daughter'

Says pop star was part of the family

(Newser) - Chris Brown's mom says Rihanna was "like a daughter" to her, and that made the domestic assault ordeal all the more difficult. "I love her," Joyce Hawkins tells People. "She became family to us." Brown was sentenced last month to 5 years of probation and...

Chris Brown: I Don't Remember Assault

Speaking out for first time since attacking Rihanna, singer says he's still shocked

(Newser) - Chris Brown spoke out for the first time since his assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, but “spoke” is a relative term. “Wow” was the word he used most often to describe to CNN's Larry King the shock he still feels about the incident. “No, I don't” remember doing...

Chris Brown's Mom Thanks Fans
 Chris Brown's Mom 
 Thanks Fans 
Aug 28, 2009 11:24 AM CDT

Chris Brown's Mom Thanks Fans

Joyce Hawkins says assault is a lesson from God

(Newser) - Chris Brown’s mother is speaking out for the first time since her son's assault on Rihanna, thanking fans for supporting him, E! reports. “I can now say this has been the most painful moment in my entire life,” Joyce Hawkins writes on his fan club website. “...

Brown Had History of Violence With Rihanna

(Newser) - Looks like Chris Brown's February attack on Rihanna wasn't the first time he had gotten physical with the singer, reports the LA Times. A court report filed yesterday highlighted two unreported incidents "related to domestic violence": a late-2008 fight in Europe, in which Brown shoved Rihanna into a wall...

Brown Apologizes for Rihanna Assault

'No one is more disappointed in me than I am,' singer says in YouTube video

(Newser) - Chris Brown breaks the silence on his alleged assault on Rihanna with a YouTube confessional posted today, E! reports. “I felt it was time that you heard directly from me that I am sorry,” the singer said, explaining that he had remained silent since the February incident on...

Rihanna Photo Leak Could Sink Brown Case

Singer's lawyer wants case thrown out if cops were responsible

(Newser) - The case against Chris Brown could be dismissed if a pending probe finds cops were responsible for leaking photos of a battered Rihanna, his lawyer tells E! Online. A Los Angeles judge scheduled the preliminary hearing for May 28 in response to the lawyer's request for a delay in...

Anti-Chris Brown Song Gets Radio Play

Singer's actions 'a thousand percent wrong' says member of Smoke Jumpers

(Newser) - A song criticizing Chris Brown is getting radio airplay in Chicago, LA, and New York, among other markets. "My Flow So Tight," by a little-known dance group called Smoke Jumpers, features the repeated line: "Chris Brown should get his ass kicked," the AP reports. A website...

Knightley Stars in Domestic Violence Ad

Spot shows successful actress' encounter with abusive partner

(Newser) - Keira Knightley gets roughed up in a new TV ad on domestic violence, the Guardian reports. Knightley, playing herself, returns home to be accused by her abusive partner of an affair with a co-star. As he beats her, the camera pulls out to reveal that they are on a film...

Brown-Rihanna Deal in Works for Book, Tour

Singer may co-author book on raising abuse awareness

(Newser) - As Chris Brown's management team scrambles to rebuild his badly bruised image, the effort—dubbed "Operation Mea Culpa"—will see Brown and Rihanna co-authoring a book about abuse and appearing on talk shows together to raise awareness about abusive relationships, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.''The only way Chris...

LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo
LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo
Feb 20, 2009 2:26 PM CST

LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo

Pic resembles confidential domestic violence records

(Newser) - The photo of Rihanna’s bruised face posted on TMZ.com may be police evidence, the Los Angeles Times reports. The LAPD, which is investigating Chris Brown’s alleged beating of the pop singer, said the photo resembles those taken during official domestic violence investigations, which are strictly confidential. "...

Rihanna's Grandma: She's Fine

(Newser) - Rihanna still hasn't surfaced, but she's doing "fine," says her grandmother. "I don't want people to worry," Clara Brathwaite told the Barbados newspaper Daily Nation. "Rihanna is fine and she is doing well." Brathwaite rejected rumors that her granddaughter, a native of Barbados, suffered...

Rihanna Suffered 'Split Lip, Bites' in Brown Fight

Rihanna cooperating with police investigation, friends say

(Newser) - Rihanna suffered facial bruises, a bloody nose, split lip and bite marks on her arm and hand in her explosive confrontation with boyfriend Chris Brown, TMZ is reporting. One source called the injuries "horrific." Brown has been charged with assault following his arrest after the fight Saturday on...

Expert on Vanishing Acts Sees Rising Demand

(Newser) - Frank Ahearn just may be the world's top expert on vanishing without a trace—either finding people who have done so or helping others pull off the trick. In a profile of him and his craft, the Times of London notes that the California man has gotten so many inquiries...

Heroes Star's Dad Charged With Hitting Wife

(Newser) - Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday for hitting wife Lesley. After a late night out at their 19-year-old daughter's charity event last month, he allegedly struck her "one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist," an LA...

Pakistani Salon Hires Fire, Acid Attack Victims

Women 'stand on own two feet' after assaults by crazed men

(Newser) - Pakistani women disfigured by acid and fire attacks have found a second life—as beauticians, the AP reports. The head of a well-known Pakistani salon chain discovered 5 years ago how commonly women are maimed by crazed or spurned lovers. With the aid of an Italian surgical nonprofit, she has...

Panettiere's Dad Accused of Hitting Wife

Teen star's parents got into spat at her charity event

(Newser) - Teen actress Hayden Panettiere's father posted $50,000 bail yesterday after he was arrested on felony domestic violence charges following a fight with his wife at their daughter’s charity event, People reports. Alan Panettiere and the Heroes star's mom, Lesley Vogel, “were doing a good amount of yelling”...

Jogger in Mystery Murder Abused by Hubby: Family

Victim's parents, twin win custody of two children

(Newser) - The family of a woman found murdered in North Carolina has won custody of her two children after they told the court that her "mentally unstable" husband had been emotionally abusive and had been involved in an affair. No suspects have been named in the mystery murder, but police...

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals
Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals
OPINION
Jun 25, 2008 4:30 PM CDT

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters for abused pets

(Newser) - With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks, and underlines the complexities that...

Drew Faces Weapons Charge
 Drew Faces Weapons Charge 
May 21, 2008 6:04 PM CDT

Drew Faces Weapons Charge

(Newser) - Drew Peterson is free on bail after surrendering to police today on felony weapons charges, the Chicago Tribune reports. The charges—he owns a rifle with an illegal barrel—are not related to the cases of his missing fourth wife or the suspicious death of his third, but they carry...

Half of Sect's Teens Have Been Pregnant

Last of kids involved in polygamist case bused to foster homes

(Newser) - Of 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 taken from a polygamist sect in Texas, 31 have had children or are pregnant, the Houston Chronicle reports. Officials announced that the last of the 463 minors taken from the El Dorado ranch had been bused to foster homes after...

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