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Chris Brown Could Do Nine Years in Prison

Posted Feb 9th 2009 11:00AM by TMZ Staff

Chris BrownSo why, you ask, was Chris Brown booked for making criminal threats rather than domestic abuse, given the victim -- we're told Rihanna -- had "visible injuries"?

Law enforcement sources tell us they typically book a suspect for the most serious crime they can be charged with -- it's then up to the D.A. to file any additional charges.

Given there were allegedly visible injuries, the crime of making criminal threats is punishable by up to nine years in prison. Domestic abuse is four years.

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1. now he can rap about that

Posted at 11:14AM on Feb 9th 2009 by omg!

2. Any man that hits a woman, is no man at all, they are spineless jelly fish that in reality have homosexual tendencies and an underlying hatred for women, As for post #12, there are no racial boundaries on this matter it happens with all races, (black, white, brown...it doesn't matter, you idiot)...These spineless jelly fish, are 91.3% undercover homosexual's who have had a homosexual encounter in the past, present or even thinking of having one in the near future....Given an encounter with a real "man"...they would leave skid marks in they're boxer's or briefs.

Posted at 11:16AM on Feb 9th 2009 by Bad Bill Bo Baggins

3. Good! First post!!!!

Nine years! Woo hoo~!!!

Posted at 11:16AM on Feb 9th 2009 by C Braddy

4. Toofastforyou, I think ya kinda funny mate, but ya grammar and spelling is just too short, gat 2 spend a little more time reading than posting. But u still "the man" well actually "the boy" and I'm still faster than you toofastforyou. Now what?

Posted at 11:16AM on Feb 9th 2009 by fasterthan2fast4u

5. This is absolutley shocking! First I can not see Chris Brown as being the wife beater type. There's no excuse for domestic violence but something must have triggered this IF he did it. Second, Rhianna shines as a beautiful classy woman and I dont see her putting up with this type of behavior. This couldn't have happened before. I hope not because shame on her enabling the abuse. Hopefully all this is a BIG misunderstanding of some sort because they are such a high profile couple maybe the public and the media made it worse....as the media has the tendancy to do.

Posted at 11:18AM on Feb 9th 2009 by JenH

6. Yea..His going to prison..Sorry ,I don't see that..This was in LA, right..Hellooo

Posted at 11:27AM on Feb 9th 2009 by erica

7. He's not a rapper

Posted at 11:18AM on Feb 9th 2009 by Dex

8. She will drop the charges. and #3 guess your weren't #! afterall.....lmao

Posted at 11:21AM on Feb 9th 2009 by ut oh

9. oh puuulease...we all know celebrities don't do "real'' time. They get free passes for drunk driving homocide, murdering ordinary people, stealing, assault, domestic violence etc....They have to do something really big like kill a head of state or something like that in order to do time.

Posted at 11:21AM on Feb 9th 2009 by Your "justice" system

10. PLEASE WE ALL KNOW HE WILL NOT GO TO JAIL FOR THIS ACT. MOST STARS GET COMMUNITY SERVICE OR THEY MAY DO A YEAR IF ANYTHING 9 YEARS I DON'T THINK THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN. FIRST OF ALL RHIANNA ISN'T GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM. THEY ARE BOTH TOO YOUNG FOR ALL THIS CONFUSION ANYWAY, CHRIS IS STILL SEWING HIS OATS AND RHIANNA IS INSANELY JEALOUS. I REALLY DON'T SEE WHY BECAUSE SHE IS AN ATTRACTIVE PERSON

Posted at 11:23AM on Feb 9th 2009 by SUSPECT

11. If the allegations turn out to be true, I hope Chris Brown serves hard time. The abuse must stop somewhere. Moreover, his prison mates should reciprocate and 'assault' him. Let's see how much of a man he is then.

Posted at 11:27AM on Feb 9th 2009 by Ben

12. i dont think chris brown really did that

Posted at 11:37AM on Feb 9th 2009 by amanda

13. Why is it more jail time to threaten someone than it is to actually hit them?

Posted at 11:30AM on Feb 9th 2009 by weird

14. You white people always tryin ta lock a brutha up for as long as possible. Obama da man now. He wont let anotha brutha get locked up to da max cuz of whitey. Step in Obama. Help a nilka out!

Posted at 11:30AM on Feb 9th 2009 by Silly White People

15. You guys are so freaking out of touch with Black culture its ridiculous.

He's not a rapper, he's a singer OMG!

Posted at 11:32AM on Feb 9th 2009 by WriteRight

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