Rihanna -- Do You Swear to Tell the Truth ... ?

31. @Mamps and all the others condeming Chris - look at what your A-List celebs did to their mates and the state didn't pick up the charges. Then you tell me why you are so mad at Chris and Michael Vick??
According to Catherine Sheehan's civil complaint, Jack Nicholson used both hands to beat her about the face; dragged her by her hair, and slammed her head on the floor; pushed her down a flight of stairs; hurled her with such force that she practically cleared a hedge. Her injuries included nervous system damage, unrelenting pain, vertigo, migraines, and periodic blindness. According to her complaint he said, "I'm going to kill you" "I'll give you a good reason to call the police." But the few instances in which her assertions were reported, most of the behavior and words that she described were left out, and no one expressed concern about her suffering, and no one called the words attributed to Jack Nicholson, "terrorist threats."

A police report described Christian Slater as knocking his girlfriend to the floor, at a party hosted by her friends, beating her about the head with his closed fists, causing lumps and other injuries for which she received emergency treatment. A man who attempted to stop him got a fist pounding and a serious bite wound to the abdomen. Before it was over, Christian had assaulted four people, including a police officer, whose gun he attempted to take, threatening to "kill everyone." His words were not described as "terrorist threats," and when the charges against him were reduced, they didn't even include the assault on his girlfriend; and despite a prior arrest, all of his charges were reduced to misdemeanors.

Farrah Fawcett was grabbed by the throat, by her boyfriend, at the time, director, James Orr. He choked her and repeatedly slammed her head into the pavement, and kicked her several times in the upper body while she was on the ground. Farrah went back with James for awhile, without media expressed concerns, ultimately deciding to end the relationship and to testify against him. But even with her testimony, the charge was only a misdemeanor count of battery, and he was sentenced to a mere100 hours of community service.

Charlie Sheen pleaded no contest, after his former girlfriend, Brittany Ashland, complained that he flung her onto a marble floor, knocking her unconscious, opening a gash on her lip that required stitches. Then, according to her, he confiscated her blood stained clothing and threatening to kill her if she told what happened. No terrorist threats there - just two years probation and 300 hours of community service.

And the list of white male celebrities, who have been cited for domestic infractions, goes on: Evel Knievel; David Hasselhoff; Billy Bob Thorton; Richard Hatch; Ozzy Osbourne; Sean Penn;Yanni; Bary Busey; James Caan; Glen Campbell; Eric Roberts; Axl Rose; Mickey Rourke; Steven Seagal ; Paul Gascoigne; Larry Fitzgerald; Santonio Holmes; Tommy Lee; Chris Noth; Vanilla Ice; Rob Lowe and there are more . . .

None of these men's violent words were called terrorist threats, none of them went to jail for the assaults on the women in their lives, and many of them escaped all chargea. And there was no expressed concern that the women involved, would stay with them; and there were no dire predictions that if hit once, you'll be hit again.

The reality is that Chris Brown probably hurt Rihanna due to a reaction to, what was for him, an unbearable stimuli, that stimuli was a threat of violence. Chris Brown described a fearful childhood, during which he was too afraid to leave his bed for fear that he would encounter the violence of his step-father. He wasn't merely afraid of getting hit, he was afraid of violence. Probably, that fearful little boy has not fully grown up.
CHRIS BROWN has spoken out about the violence he witnessed as a child in a bid to end the suffering of kids in similar situations. The 18-year-old singer told how the domestic abuse his moms endured at the hands of her violent boyfriend left him too scared to leave his bedroom and he would often end up wetting his bed. He says, "I don't want to mention the person's name - it wasn't my real father - but somebody hurt my mom and me, I had to deal with that from seven all the way to 13. "It affected me, especially (my behavior) towards women - I treat them differently. I don't want to put a woman through the same thing that person put my mom through. "I was scared and timid when I was little. I used to pee in my bed... I think it was me being nervous, and scared to get up (out of bed) and see what was going on.

Quiet as it is kept, men are people too, and like women, they can be intimidated by physical aggression, especially if their background includes trauma, that makes physical aggression, uniquely threatening.

The same thing that allows women to escape punishment for assaulting men, with deadly force, when there's no real threat, "battered woman syndrome," should be called, "battered person syndrome," and it should have a mitigating effect legally, for anyone so affected. However, it should not give anyone, male or female, the kind of get out of jail free card, that Mary Winkler got, after she used a shotgun, to murder her husband, while he slept.

Taking her husband's life was cheap, it only cost her five months in the county jail and two months in a mental health facility. In addition to regaining her freedom, she got back full custody of her children, over the objection of her husband's family.

SO AFTER READING ALL THIS - YOU HYPOCRITS ON HERE STILL POINT THE FINGER AT CHRIS BROWN..ONLY..AND IF SO, SO BE IT - BUT I CAN GUARANTEE IT'S PLENTY OF US READY TO SHOW MAINSTREAM AMERICA, BY SUPPORTING HIM, THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP THESE DOUBLE STANDARDS GOING. ENOUGH!!!

Posted at 12:43PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by sloansv@yahoo.com

32. Chris is awesome and will always be awesome. Tmz is haters. Why would you hate Chris so much but still write blogs up about him. Obviously you need him to build up your website. Chris was the s*** before that triflin Riri and will be the s*** after Riri is kicked to the curb. She isn't even relevant anymore.

Posted at 1:02PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by jazz

33. 21. Chris is not going to jail hopefully. Riri even told the police she hit him first. Why are we persecuting Chris for something that wasn't his fault. I'm glad he hit her back she deserved it. Imagine if she would have hit another female like that, she would have been in a coma. Chris went soft on her if you ask me.

Posted at 10:21AM on Jun 22nd 2009 by jazz
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A woman on woman fight is a completely different thing. And what Chris Brown needs to do is take responsibility for what Chris Brown did REGARDLESS what she did to him. Take responsibility for your own actions is life lesson #1.

Also, Men and women are different. End of story. Men can do plenty of stuff that women can't get away with. It's life. And a man can NOT FIGHT A DAMN WOMAN!!!! Rules are in place for a reason. Stop acting like Chris was justified in what he did. He was wrong. HE probably knows he was wrong, but his fans can't seem to get that through their thick heads. They are doing like this idiot above me and making it seem like he did the world a favor by beating a female's a$$. Yeah hold your head up high there, Jazz, you dumb f$%#.

Posted at 1:18PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by When I talk, listen.

34. I think it is best that I let God do the judging in this situation. Violence is a no-no in my book--on the part of a man or a woman.

Posted at 1:20PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by music lover

35. Good. Chris Brown should be going to prison for this and hopefully will despite that POS Geragos best efforts all he cares about is the money anyway. When you beat a woman senseless and there's evidence to back that up no one should get away with it. Chris Brown is an immature little jackass anyway and brings nothing to the table other entertainers can't supply with their own talents. He's just another talented singer but that doesn't excuse his behavior and finally we've seen with Phil Spector people are starting to get the balls to put these jerks away. Bye Chris.

Posted at 2:00PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by Peterson32

36. I am a chris brown fan and a rhianna fan, and all I want to know is why is it in our society a women can get away with assulting a man? stallworth just killed a man, and got only 30 days ? Or m. vick was linked to dog fights and got a year or so in jail, something it aint right1

Posted at 5:58PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by miss charlotte

37. KEEP HATINHAERTS CUZ HE AINT GOIN NO WHERE!!

Posted at 6:17PM on Jun 22nd 2009 by AndersonBrown

38. i feel it is wrong that chris browns money won him a non custodial sentence if it was joe bloggs they could of gone tom jail for the mess he made of her its not fair all these celebs use there money to get away with crimes

Posted at 9:10PM on Jun 27th 2009 by victoria fox