Posted Jun 11th 2009 4:11AM by TMZ Staff
Rihanna officially got served with the papers, the papers ("Goodfellas" anyone?) -- meaning she has officially been subpoenaed to appear in court to testify against Chris Brown.
Rihanna's lawyer, Donald Etra, told People, "Rihanna was served at my office by L.A. DA investigators ... if the preliminary hearing indeed goes forward, she is now legally required to be there, she will be there, and will answer all questions truthfully."
The hearing is set for June 22.
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Posted May 7th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
We've now obtained the discovery motions filed by Chris Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, asking for all written statements and reports from the LAPD regarding the photo of Rihanna posted on TMZ.
Geragos believes the photo was leaked by an LAPD officer -- He writes, "...this highly prejudicial photograph was sold by an LAPD officer to the entertainment website, Thirty Mile Zone (TMZ). The photograph was immediately viewed by hundreds of thousands of viewers and was plastered on every news channel for the following weeks."
Geragos wants notes from the Internal Affairs investigation, along with police officer notes and other documents, stating, "I intend to use such evidence at the preliminary hearing to attack their credibility. The defense intends to prove and argue that the afore-mentioned officers are not credible and that the Court should not believe some of their statements."
Geragos adds, if the court has questions about the credibility of officers in the case, "I believe there is a reasonable likelihood that the case will be dismissed at the preliminary hearing."
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