R&B Singer Chris Brown has been sentenced to five years' probation and six months' community labour for beating Rihanna and ordered to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years.
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R&B Singer Chris Brown has been sentenced to five years' probation and six months' community labour for beating Rihanna and ordered to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years.
LA Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg told Brown that he could be sent to state prison if he violated any terms of his sentence, including an order to stay 100 yards away from Rihanna unless they're attending music industry events.
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The first happened about three months before the February beating while the couple was travelling in Europe; Rihanna slapped Brown during an argument, and he shoved her into a wall.
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In the second instance, Brown allegedly broke the front and passenger side windows on a Range Rover they were driving while visiting Barbados, Rihanna's home country. Neither attack was reported.
Brown will serve his sentence inu00a0 Virginia and his community labour will be overseen by the police chief in Richmond.
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