Judiciary Report - Magazine: Chris Brown Pleading Self-Defense

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Magazine: Chris Brown Pleading Self-Defense

February 26. 2009

Rihanna, pictured in Mexico, looking glum while she recuperates from injuries she sustained in a beating from Chris Brown

According to Life & Style magazine, Sony Music artist Chris Brown is set to claim "self-defense" in his assault case against his girlfriend Rihanna.

While Rihanna did frequently hit Brown when she got into a temper, the two drawbacks to this defense shall be, she walked away from the fight he was arrested for with most of the injuries and secondly, a man is not supposed to hit a woman. This defense will work with some people, but not everyone. Most agree, Brown should have walked away.

In Life & Style now: Chris' shocking claim: It was self-defense!

.. "She's devastated all this has become so public," an insider tells Life & Style. "She's just angry and extremely humiliated that the whole world knows how much pain she's in right now."

...If necessary, one excuse he could use: self-defense. "Chris is already building his case," the insider says. "He's saying she threw a phone at him, then hit him in the head and basically just lost it. He's saying she attacked him."

Could that defense hold up in court? It depends, says Darren Kavinoky, a criminal defense attorney in LA. "Unless there's some indication that she was enraged to the point that she physically threatened him, I think he'd have a tough time with that defense," Kavinoky says. "If it goes to court, ultimately it would be up to a jury to decide." ...

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