{"id":2912,"date":"2009-06-23T15:02:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/06\/chris-brown-gets-off-easy-for.html"},"modified":"2009-06-23T15:02:21","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T15:02:21","slug":"chris-brown-gets-off-easy-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/06\/chris-brown-gets-off-easy-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown Gets Off Easy for Assault on Rihanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"chrisbrownpic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/chrisbrownpic.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Rapper Chris Brown has copped a deal after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/06232009\/news\/nationalnews\/jail_break_for_rihanna_ex_175682.htm\" target=\"_blank\">pleading guilty to one felony count of assault on ex-girlfriend, singer Rihanna.<\/a> He received probation, community service, and will need to attend domestic-violence counseling. He faced more than 4 years in jail had he been convicted on the charges.<br \/>\nRihanna didn&#8217;t seem to care that Brown got off with a slap on the wrist, telling the judge &#8220;Thank you very much.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis is just the latest example of a how a celebrity&#8211;or really anyone with money&#8211;can break the law and get a slap on the wrist for it. It&#8217;s completely disgusting. And Rihanna? Why didn&#8217;t she fight harder to have Brown do time? I certainly wouldn&#8217;t have been satisfied with the deal Brown got had I been the victim.<br \/>\nWhat do you think?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/rihanna\/287153\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/rihanna\/287153\/584x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Rihanna at LocateTV.com\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Chris Brown has copped a deal after pleading guilty to one felony count of assault on ex-girlfriend, singer Rihanna. He received probation, community service, and will need to attend domestic-violence counseling. He faced more than 4 years in jail had he been convicted on the charges. 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