Well, after Friday’s arrest, the writing was on the wall. Chris Brown is to remain in jail for another month.
Chris wore an orange jail jumpsuit at court, with his mother sitting behind him, while attorney Mark Geragos argued he should be allowed to enter another rehab program instead of spending the next month in jail.
Assistant District Attorney Mary Murray maintained that Chris had already been ejected from two rehab programs in the last five months and another program should not be considered.
In the same vein, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin said he was concerned about a “provocative” statement counselors said Brown wrote on a card at the Malibu rehab center. “I am good at using guns and knives,” according to a document read in court.
The rehab program ultimately asked Chris to leave because of that statement and two other rules violations, the document said. Brown refused a drug test — which his lawyer denied — and he touched elbows with a female patient, according to the document. Allegedly because of Chris’ violent assault on Rihanna in 2009, part of his rules included remaining at least 2 feed away from all females within the facility.
Chris’ next chance to get out of jail comes on April 23 when the Judge considers if his arrest on a misdemeanor assault charge in Washington justifies keeping him locked up. There is a possibility the judge will speed up that decision so Chris can travel to D.C. for a trial on that charge.
The judge has revoked Chris’ probation twice in the past year, most recently because of his arrest on a sidewalk near the White House after he allegedly punched a man.
Chris voluntarily entered a rehab program a day after being released from a Washington jail in October, but he was kicked out a few days later for “throwing a rock through his mother’s car window” after a family session at the center, a probation report said. Chris was upset because his mother said she wanted him to stay in treatment, the report said.
“Mr. Brown proceeded to walk outside and pick up a rock and threw it through his mother’s car window and it shattered,” according to a letter from the rehab center included in the probation report.
Honestly … I can’t feel sorry for him. Granted, in the grand scheme of things, what ultimately got him behind bars was somewhat petty BUT he broke the rules. And this has consistently been his problem. Big or small, a rule is a rule and when you’re skating on thin ice like he is, you need to abide by them. The assault on Rihanna, the run in with Drake’s camp, the fight with Frank Ocean, throwing a window out of Good Morning America and the many random allegations…. this guy has had nine lives. Maybe a month in the pen will set him straight.
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