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Bigwigs Go to Bat for Chris Brown

Posted Aug 25th 2009 6:17PM by TMZ Staff

Some of Chris Brown's most powerful friends tried to do some serious damage control before today's sentencing -- firing off letters of support to the judge .. and in one case, even invoking the name of the almighty Oprah Winfrey.



The letters, written by a big-time record mogul, an Apostle, and a high-power entertainment lawyer -- were put in the Chris Brown file for the judge to read and consider before she sentenced him for his February attack on Rihanna.

Here are the highlights:

Barry Weiss -- CEO of the RCA/Jive Label Group -- "I've come to regard him as a surrogate son ... I understand the seriousness of his actions, but most importantly, he does."

Kenneth Meiselas -- Entertainment Lawyer -- "I represent many of the world's most famous entertainers ... Chris traveled to Africa with Oprah Winfey to help the underprivileged children who were attending Oprah's school."

Apostle Samuel Harris Jr. -- Senior Pastor -- "I've been in the recording industry 18 years ... I also submit that God has personally revealed to me that he is chosen for a special purpose for our society and around the world."

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1. Oprah would not want anything to do with this. That is low! Talk about name dropping

Posted at 6:43PM on Aug 25th 2009 by dana

2. CROCK OF CRAP

Posted at 6:44PM on Aug 25th 2009 by .:Loki 4Ever:.

3. First Oprah gets her name involved with a colon cleanse commercial and now this.
Hitler's vet would have given a letter about how he loved dogs, but that didn't make him less than a monster.
GET WELL MIKE!!

Posted at 6:48PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Linda Mott

4. A 'pastor' whose been in the recording industry for 18 years AND speaks with God directly? Perhaps he should have spoken to brown about the evils of beating on skanks.

Posted at 6:49PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Grouch

5. OPRAH A WOMAN DEFENDING A WOMAN BEATER....SHE IS CRAZY....WTF IF THIS HAPPENED TO HER THE FAT BITCH SHE WOULD DO A WEEKS WORTH OF SHOWS ON IT...CANT STAND THIS FAT AZZ LESBO COW! HOPE STEADMAN BEATS THE CHIT UOUTTA HER ABD SEE HOW THE FAT BITCH WOULD REACT!

Posted at 6:53PM on Aug 25th 2009 by OPRAH SUCKS HER SIXTH TOE

6. GIVE ME A FRICKEN BREAK!!! HOW LAUGHABLE IS THAT!!!

Posted at 6:52PM on Aug 25th 2009 by GGG

7. Oprah addressed a message to Rihanna on her show - if a man hits you once, he will hit you again, and again ....

So uh, no, Oprah does NOT approve of Mr. Convicted Felon for Domestic Violence and Assault.

Posted at 6:53PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Saddenend

8. seriously, where the hell does TMZ get all these legal documents about all this stuff?

Posted at 6:53PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Steph

9. So what! He needs to do the time since he done the crime, I don't care who his "friends" are. BIG DEAL. People trying to throw their celebrity status around so that he doesn't have to pay like the rest of us. BIG WHOOP. I say let him go to jail and get it with Big Moe.

Posted at 6:54PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Ken

10. How dare someone take Oprahs name in vain!!!! I can't take it any longer.

Posted at 6:56PM on Aug 25th 2009 by morfin77

11. i really don't see the relevance of him allegedly going with Oprah to help kids he's being charged for hitting a woman not doing anything to a child. that was stupid and pointless, Kenneth Meiselas should be embarrassed to have even mentioned it, it's irrelevant.

Posted at 7:17PM on Aug 25th 2009 by naomi

12. Chris Brown is a bum. F88k his friends.

Posted at 7:02PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Paparazzo@frog.cc

13. Hey, remember Dennis Rader was a nice church-going man who other people spoke highly of. You know, Dennis Rader, the "BTK" serial killer? Not saying that Brown is a serial killer, but I am pointing out how laughable these testimonials are.

Posted at 7:07PM on Aug 25th 2009 by toodles

14. So many ignorant people comment on TMZ, with there ignorant views, I bet many of you didn't even bother to read the documents, written by people who actually know Chris Brown personally.
I thought the letters were sweet, nice and very caring, these people know he made a mistake but explain in their letters, that Chris is a good kid, who has done so much for others, aswell as his family, is grounded and has helped charities and has taken full Responsibility for his actions.
No one on TMZ or anyone else for that matter, should be judging him, we don't know him, no one is perfect and it's not like he killed Rihanna, so why are the media and most of the ignorant people leaving comments acting like he did. His young, he did a bad thing, he happens to be a celebrity but it's not the end of the world. Everyone including the haters know, this is not in his nature but in life things happened but it doesn't make his character a bad person, his not a bad person, he just made a bad mistake that night, leave him alone.

Posted at 7:12PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Stephanie

15. ...Hey Preacher....did God spoke to me too...when He said..."Do to others as you would have them do unto you..."

Posted at 7:20PM on Aug 25th 2009 by Rob R Barron

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