Saturday, 21. February 2009, 04:01:13
TMZ posts photo it claims is a beaten Rihanna
Web site purportedly shows her face after alleged attack by Chris Brown
LOS ANGELES - A photo that appears to be singer Rihanna's face with bruises, scratches and swelling from an attack allegedly at the hands of boyfriend-singer Chris Brown was posted Thursday night by the celebrity Web site TMZ.
The close-up image shows a welt above each of the woman's eyebrows, marks on her cheek and around her lips, and general swelling. TMZ did not say how it obtained the photo, when it was taken or by whom.
Hours after the photo was posted, the Los Angeles Police Department launched an internal investigation and asked for the public's help in finding the person who leaked it. A police news release said the image "has the appearance" of one taken during a domestic violence investigation, and classified its release as a case of serious misconduct.
Asked earlier Thursday whether he could confirm the photo's origin, LAPD Officer Jason Lee said only that the department had not released images of the woman who accused Brown, and would not release evidence photos. A spokeswoman for the district attorney said all evidence related to the case was still with police.
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I don't usually post stories about celebrities, but many people have heard of Chris Brown allegedly beating up his girlfriend, Rihanna, before this year's Grammys earlier this month.
She won't discuss Chris Brown, but thanked her fans for their support. It seems that
Chris Brown has had a history of abuse in his family. That is a disturbing picture of a woman who was a victim of domestic violence that
TMZ posted. My heart goes out to Rihanna & her family. My heart also goes out to all the victims of domestic violence that we don't see on the news because they are not rich & famous like this particular celebrity couple is.
I remember this couple that I knew in high school. The girl, I think her name was Gina, and the guy, think his name was Angelo, were not a happy couple in my opinion. I didn't know them very well, but Gina seemed like a nice girl. Angelo seemed like a jerk to me. He was on the baseball team, but he would routinely beat Gina. I remember one time on the city bus going home from school when they got into an argument. I don't remember what the argument was about, but I do remember she hit him in the arm. Then he backhanded her across the face.
She started crying while he just sat there laughing a little at her. This was routine for the both of them. What happened to the both of them after high school, I don't know. Hopefully Gina dumped him then got some counseling.
This reminds me of an episode of
Snapped that I saw on TV before. In case you don't know,
Snapped is a true-crime show about cases of murder involving women. There was a particular case that on an episode of
Snapped that was particularly heart-wrenching. I searched the website but couldn't find a webisode for this particular story. In it, a woman, think her name was Linda, murdered her 2nd husband after she found out that he had been sexually abusing her daughter, his stepdaughter. The abuse had been going on for at least a year, plus he had also raped the girl too. Linda had 2 kids from her previous marriage before she met the guy, think his name was Ed. They dated, then eventually married. Shortly afterwards Ed became mentally, verbally & physically abusive towards Linda. This he also extended to the kids. Linda learned to live with the beatings that she received at his hands.
One day the daughter, who was about 13, complained to one of her teachers at school that her stepdad had sexually abused her. The police were notified shortly thereafter. They even went to the house to interview Ed. He was very persuasive in convincing the cops that nothing had happened. Afterwards, he took out his anger on the daughter. Her own mother even refused to believe her!
About a year later, it was discovered that her daughter was pregnant. She claimed to everybody that it was a fellow classmate that had impregnated her. One day she admitted to her mom that it was her stepdad had raped her. Again, her mother refused to believe her. She said that she had proof of the alleged attack in a video tape that was hidden in the house. The daughter told her mother exactly where to find the tape. Ed was outside at the time. Linda found the tape, then put it in her video camera. What she saw then shocked and horrified her. She put the tape back where she had found it since Ed was coming inside. Linda couldn't get the images she saw on the tape out of her mind. Later that night, Ed was sleeping in the bed. Linda replayed the tape over & over in her mind as she sat awake in bed. She grabbed his shotgun and killed him.
She was arrested, then put on trial for Ed's murder. During the trial, her daughter gave birth. DNA tests proved that Ed was the father of the baby. The baby was given up for adoption. Given all this evidence, the jury found Linda not guilty. Some people say that she was justified; that Ed had this coming & he deserved it. Some say that she is a cold-blooded killer and this was a miscarriage of justice. If I was in her shoes, who knows? I probably would have done the same thing. What would you have done?
Here is a
webisode of a season 5 episode of Snapped featuring the story of Kimberly Cunningham, who murdered someone close to her after she discovered that he had sexually abused her teenage daughter. Who knows what anybody else would have done if they were in her shoes?
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