Chris Brown publicly apologized for the beating of Rihanna, releasing a video on his website on Monday (http://www.chrisbrownworld.com).
Brown was arrested in February following a pre-Grammy party when he fought with his ex-girlfriend R&B princess Rihanna in a rented sports car. He was charged with felony assault. Brown was said to have pushed Rihanna from the car and repeatedly hit her. It came to a point where he almost choked her. He fled from the scene leaving a shaking and crying Rihanna.
He turned himself on the evening of the Grammy Awards, where he was supposed to perform with Rihanna.
In the two-minute video, he apologized to fans saying that he’s still seeking help and wants to live his life as a role model. He said that he was not proud of what he did. He also assures the fans that he has also repeatedly apologized to Rihanna. Brown referred to the beating as “the incident.” He calls his conduct “inexcusable” and says his mother has taught him better.
Brown in an earlier interview confessed that he witnessed domestic violence growing up. Before the beating, Brown was considered a squeaky-clean R&B up-and-comer. He rose to prominence after the 2005 hit “Run It!” He was nominated for a Grammy for “No Air” with Jordin Sparks and named Billboard’s top artist in 2008. The incident has clearly damaged his reputation. Brown lost sponsorship deals, radio stations stopped playing his music and other artists condemned him after the attack.
“I felt it was time you that heard directly from me that I am sorry. I saw firsthand what uncontrolled rage can do,” he tells viewers. “I have sought and am continuing to seek help to ensure that what occurred in February can never happen again. I intend to live my life so that I am truly worth of the term ‘role model. “
Chris Brown will face sentencing on August 5, 2009, which will likely be 5 years of probation and 6 months of community labor.
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Public Enemies
Johnny Depp’s charismatic lead performance can make you fall in love with a well-dressed bank robber and America’s most wanted. This gangster flick had the right blend of action scenes, suspense and drama. There were only enough tablespoons of bloody scenes to feel the realism of the movie and right amount of nervous tension without overly doing the sound effects.
John Dillinger: I was raised on a farm in Morrisville, Indiana. My mama ran out on us when I was three, my daddy beat the hell out of me cause he didn’t know no better way to raise me. I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you… what else you need to know?
Billie Frechette: Why are you in such a hurry?
John Dillinger: Because when you’re looking at what I’m looking, you’d be in a hurry too.
John Dillinger: They ain’t tough enough, smart enough or fast enough. I can hit any bank I want, any time. They got to be at every bank, all the time.
John Dillinger: [nodding at money on a table] That’s your money, mister?
Bank Teller: [nervously] Yes.
John Dillinger: We’re here for the bank’s money, not yours. Put it away.
Melvin Purvis: What keeps you up nights, Mr. Dillinger?
John Dillinger: Coffee.
John Dillinger: We’re having too good a time today. We ain’t thinking about tomorrow.
John Dillinger: Well if it isn’t the man who shot Pretty-Boy Floyd. Good thing ’cause he sure wasn’t Whiz-Kid Floyd.
John Dillinger: [Approaching group of police officers] What’s the score?
[last lines]
Billie Frechette: They say you’re the man who shot him.
Charles Winstead: That’s right. One of ’em.
Billie Frechette: So why are you coming to see me? To see the damage you done?
Charles Winstead: No. I came here because he asked me to. When he went down, he said somethin’. I put my ear next to his mouth, and what I think what he said was this.