Chris Brown: Probation May Be Revoked After Faking Community Service Papers
The Los Angeles County District Attorney filed a request to have Chris Brown's probation revoked after he allegedly submitted falsified documents claiming he completed 200 hours of community service.
Brown claimed he served the legally mandated service when on one occasion, he was on an airplane flying to Cancun, Mexico.
Bryan T. Norwood, the chief of police in Richmond, Va, wrote a letter to a Los Angeles judge on Sept. 14, 2012, saying Brown completed the requested 202 days of community service he was sentenced for his 2009 assault on Rihanna, according to documents obtained by TMZ.
The documents said Brown performed part of his service at a children's center where his mother once worked as a director, and that he did jobs such as painting, washing windows, waxing floors, cutting grass and picking up trash.
The Los Angeles judge became suspicious after the documents showed that Brown was supervised for only 9 or 10 out of his mandatory sessions.
Several other shocking revelations were revealed in the documents: Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, told the Richmond police department how to "handle" Los Angeles D.A. investigators' questions about his client's community service. In addition, Geragos reportedly lied and told Brown's probation officer there was a court order that said management of Brown's community service should moved from the probation department to the Richmond police chief, though no such order existed.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office began to investigate and said they found no "credible, competent or verifiable evidence" that Brown completed his 180 days of community service. Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray then asked that Brown's community service be rejected for "significant discrepancies indicating at best sloppy documentation and at worst fraudulent reporting."
"Entertainer Chris Brown failed to provide 'credible, competent or verifiable evidence' that he completed his court-ordered community labor," the Los Angeles district attorney told Hollywood Life. "[We] asked the court to order Brown to fulfill his obligation in Los Angeles County."
The news came on the same day it was reported that Brown or a member of his entourage called Frank Ocean a homophobic slur during their recent brawl, according to an incident report.
Brown had a fight with Ocean over a parking space outside Westlake Studio last week Ocean's account in the court report noted that when Brown extended his hand to the "Thinking About You" singer and Ocean declined, Brown attacked him. A two to three-minute melee between both camps followed and Ocean said he heard someone yell 'f*ggot.' "
Ocean tweeted that his hand was injured during the fight and he was unsure if he would be able to play instruments at the Grammys on Feb. 10. A day after the brawl, Brown was seen leaving his California home with a cast on his right hand.