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Brown Begins Community Service

Singer cleans up in Va. as punishment for Rihanna beating

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 16, 2009 7:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Singer Chris Brown today began the community labor that’s part of his sentence for beating girlfriend Rihanna, MTV reports, with the singer posting a photo from the work to his Twitter feed. His 6 months of labor will include picking up trash in his native Virginia; Brown, 20, also faces 5 years on probation and a year of domestic-violence counseling.

Brown posted this picture to Twitter today.
Brown posted this picture to Twitter today.   (Twitpic.com)
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COMMENTS
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Guest
Sep 17, 2009 7:38 AM CDT
Oh snap, now we are gonna have to hear from sharpton. Because this photo is gonna bring back bad memories of the cotton days. Shame on YT for imposing this penalty.
inky
Sep 17, 2009 7:25 AM CDT
Think the bushes care they let him wear his hat all gangsta? What a dipshit.
OWLWOMANXXXX
Sep 17, 2009 7:20 AM CDT
just wish they would have made him do more for battered women shelters
 

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