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alp227

(31,962 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2013, 01:22 AM Nov 2013

Secret Service report could help Chris Brown's defense

Well, singer Chris Brown's latest legal trouble just got interesting:

A Secret Service report on Chris Brown's alleged assault on a man in Washington on Sunday offers insight into the singer's possible defense strategy.

The document obtained by CNN suggests that Brown's bodyguard will take the rap for a man's broken nose, while lawyers could question the creditability of one of the police officers who investigated the case.

"I was on the (tour) bus when I guess someone tried to get on and my bodyguard handled it," Brown told a Secret Service officer investigating the incident on a sidewalk in front of the W Hotel just a few blocks from the White House. The incident happened around 4:25 a.m. Sunday, hours after the singer hosted a party at a nearby nightclub.

"Christopher Brown committed no crime," his attorney Danny Onorato said Monday. "We understand that his security acted to protect Mr. Brown and his property, as he is authorized to do under District of Columbia law. We are confident that Mr. Brown will be exonerated of any wrongdoing."


the article goes into detail why the arresting officer's testimony is questionable. The TL;DR version is that there are conflicting witness statements as to whether Brown himself assaulted the victim.

And the reason why the Secret Service is investigating with DC City Police is because this incident occurred at a hotel near the White House.
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Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)
3. Since when did 'creditability' become a word?
Fri Nov 1, 2013, 08:02 AM
Nov 2013
The document obtained by CNN suggests that Brown's bodyguard will take the rap for a man's broken nose, while lawyers could question the creditability of one of the police officers who investigated the case.



It's credibility, people. Credibility. Sheesh.

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)
5. I don't know if you're being sarcastic or ironic or what.
Fri Nov 1, 2013, 09:00 AM
Nov 2013

But I would guess that no money exchanged hands.

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