Chris Brown didn't confess to Washington DC assault
Brown to spend 131 days behind bars after admitting he violated his probation by getting into a fight in DC last year.
R&B singer Chris Brown. PHOTO: REUTERS
LOS ANGELES:
Chris Brown did not admit he assaulted the alleged victim in his Washington DC criminal trial, says his lawyer.
The 24-year-old singer has been forced to spend 131 days behind bars after he admitted on Friday in a Los Angeles court that he violated his probation by getting into a fight in Washington DC last year.
“When Brown admitted to a probation violation on Friday in the Rihanna case, it did not constitute a confession in his assault case,” Brown's attorney Mark Geragos told tmz.com.
He added that all Brown did was admit that he violated probation in Washington DC - he was not more specific.
According to the lawyer, there's no way the DC prosecutor could use Brown's admission as a confession, because the standard of proof in a criminal case is much higher than in a probation hearing.
He says he merely told the Rihanna judge it's "more likely than not" that Chris screwed up in DC.
Even though Brown was ordered to serve another 131 days behind bars for the probation violation, with time served and jail overcrowding, he could get out in a matter of days.
Chris Brown did not admit he assaulted the alleged victim in his Washington DC criminal trial, says his lawyer.
The 24-year-old singer has been forced to spend 131 days behind bars after he admitted on Friday in a Los Angeles court that he violated his probation by getting into a fight in Washington DC last year.
“When Brown admitted to a probation violation on Friday in the Rihanna case, it did not constitute a confession in his assault case,” Brown's attorney Mark Geragos told tmz.com.
He added that all Brown did was admit that he violated probation in Washington DC - he was not more specific.
According to the lawyer, there's no way the DC prosecutor could use Brown's admission as a confession, because the standard of proof in a criminal case is much higher than in a probation hearing.
He says he merely told the Rihanna judge it's "more likely than not" that Chris screwed up in DC.
Even though Brown was ordered to serve another 131 days behind bars for the probation violation, with time served and jail overcrowding, he could get out in a matter of days.