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(Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images) A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 'Never seen levels like this': Union president on airline passenger misconduct Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 15: Singer Chris Brown attends a progress hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Brown was first placed on probation after the 2009 domestic violence case in which he plead guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson - Pool/Getty Images) Editor’s Note: A version of this story was originally published in 2016. (CNN) — Arguably Chris Brown’s most publicized trouble was his 2009 arrest for viciously beating his then-girlfriend, fellow singer Rihanna. Afterward, Rihanna told Oprah Winfrey that she forgave Brown, and insisted he “made that mistake because he needed help.” Brown’s problems haven’t stopped. On Tuesday, the singer was back in the news: he was arrested in Paris and released over accusations of aggravated rape and drug violations, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Chris Brown arrested in Paris on allegations of rape, source says Brown, who is not facing any charges, and his attorney have denied the allegations. They said they plan to file a defamation lawsuit against his accuser. Brown’s musical career has been marked with as much controversy as success. When he burst onto the music scene in 2005 at the age of 16, Brown was touted as “the new Michael Jackson.” His fame grew when he and Rihanna began dating in 2008. With their matching places on the charts, the pair quickly became music’s “it” couple. But their romance took a dark turn just hours before the 2009 Grammy Awards, when Brown assaulted Rihanna, whose birth name is Robyn Fenty. “Robyn F. turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand,” a police report of the incident read. “He then drove away in the vehicle and continued to punch her in the face with his right hand while steering the vehicle with his left hand. The assault caused Robyn F.’s mouth to fill with blood and blood to splatter all over her clothing and the interior of the vehicle.” Brown pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge and received five years probation, community service and an order to attend a year of domestic violence counseling. The high profile nature of that crime a decade ago – along with circulation of a photo of Rihanna’s battered face – has continued to color public perceptions of Brown. What followed has not helped to restore his image. He has feuded with fellow recording artists, done stints in rehab and has landed in jail for violating probation. A 2014 report from his rehab facility attributed Brown’s aggression to bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and drug use. “Mr. Brown will also require close supervision by his treating physician in order to ensure his bipolar mental health condition remains stable,” a letter from the facility reportedly stated. “It is not uncommon for patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Bipolar II to use substances to self-medicate their biomedical mood swings and trauma triggers.” Some of Brown’s other troubles include: Being accused of threatening a woman with a gun at his Tarzana, California home in 2016. A nine-hour standoff with police ended in Brown’s arrest on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. His attorney at the time, Mark Geragos, called the charges “demonstrably false” and the case has not gone to trial. Brown’s ex-girlfriend, actress Karrueche Tran, obtained a restraining order against him in 2017, alleging he had threatened her with violence. In May 2018, an unidentified woman reportedly filed a civil lawsuit against Brown, alleging she was sexually assaulted at the singer’s home by one of his friends. Brown’s attorney denied the allegations. And in July, Brown was arrested after a concert in Florida for an outstanding felony arrest warrant stemming from an allegation he punched a photographer at a Tampa nightclub in 2017. That case is still pending. Brown addressed some of his issues in the 2016 film, “Welcome to my Life: The Official Chris Brown Documentary.” He said he contemplated suicide after the incident with Rihanna. “I wasn’t sleeping, I barely ate. I just was getting high,” Brown said in a trailer for the film. “I went from being on top of the world, No. 1 songs, being kind of like America’s sweetheart to being Public Enemy No. 1.” Related: Chris Brown was ‘suicidal’ after assaulting Rihanna For many, that label has stuck.<doc-sep>Chris Brown is on the defense. Just hours after news broke that the Grammy winner was being detained by police in Paris and accused of aggravated rape, the 29-year-old is speaking out. "I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR...... THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP!" Chris wrote on Instagram with a photo that read "This B!tch Lyin'." He continued, "NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!! FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY THIS IS SO DISPRESPECTFUL AND IS AGAINST MY CHARACTER AND MORALS!!!!!" The post would receive more than 320,000 "likes" in 30 minutes. According to reports, a woman accused Chris of raping her last week in a hotel room. A source confirmed to NBC News that two other people were also in police custody for questioning.<doc-sep>1:20 PM PT -- French prosecutors tell TMZ Brown is free to leave France. He was released on his own recognizance, without bail. 1:08 PM PT -- We've confirmed Brown and the other 2 men who were detained have been released. The prosecutor's office tells TMZ, "The investigations, which are not closed at this stage, will continue under the authority of the Paris prosecutor's office." 12:33 PM PT -- A source close to Chris tells us he and his team were just released from police custody. Chris just took to Instagram to seemingly address the situation, saying, "This Bitch Lyin'." He continues, " I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR...... THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP! NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!!" "FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY THIS IS SO DISPRESPECTFUL AND IS AGAINST MY CHARACTER AND MORALS!!!!!" Chris Brown allegedly raped a woman in a hotel dressing room for 25-30 minutes and it was "brutal and violent" -- so says Closer Magazine, which posted an article claiming to have interviewed the alleged victim. Closer, which broke the story Brown was being investigated for rape, calls the woman by a pseudonym -- Karima -- a 24-year-old model who told the mag she met Brown at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Paris on January 15 at around 10:30 PM and then went to a nightclub. Karima told Closer at 4 AM Brown and his crew wanted to return to the hotel, and she said she was tired but they convinced her to go back to the Mandarin with a group of people. She says once inside his suite, she went to the bathroom, Brown followed her and "catches me by the right arm. He makes me enter a sort of dressing room. He closed the door ... it lasted 25-30 minutes." She describes the alleged rape as "brutal and violent." She says she was then "abused" by one of Brown's friends and a bodyguard. Karima says she went to cops 2 days later, adding she was scared but ultimately decided she didn't want Brown to "be able to do the same things to other girls." Someone connected to Brown tells us the singer was never alone with the alleged victim and says Chris' girlfriend, Ammika Harris, was in the hotel room the whole time. He says there were more than 20 people in the room "hanging out" and listening to music Brown was playing on his iPhone. We have reached out to Brown's U.S. lawyer for a response, but so far no word back.<doc-sep>
UPDATED: Chris Brown has been detained by police in Paris on rape charges, according to multiple news reports. A 24-year-old woman claims that the singer assaulted her in a hotel suite in the city on the night of January 15-16 at the club Le Crystal and then returned to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where she claims that he raped her, according to TMZ. According to the Associated Press, Brown was detained Monday on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug infractions and remained in custody Tuesday, a judicial official said. Investigators have two days to determine whether to free him or file preliminary charges. A Paris police spokesperson told Variety that Brown remained in custody (as of 12 p.m. ET, and that two other men — reported to be Brown’s bodyguard and another friend — were also detained. French police are said to be investigating the woman’s claim; authorities declined to identify her. Reps for Brown and his label, RCA Records, did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment; RCA announced it has signed a new deal with the singer on Jan. 7. Brown did comment on the situation via Instagram, denying the allegation. “I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR…… THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP!” he wrote. “NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!! FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY THIS IS SO DISPRESPECTFUL AND IS AGAINST MY CHARACTER AND MORALS!!!! !” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs80CzIhQGT/ Brown, 29, has been involved in multiple violent incidents over the past decade, beginning with a February 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna the night before the Grammy Awards, to which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years’ probation and 1,400 hours of community service and counseling. In 2017, a judge granted Brown’s former girlfriend Karrueche Tran a permanent restraining order against Brown after she claimed he had punched her, pushed her down stairs and sent threatening texts. In 2012, his and Drake’s entourages were involved in a brawl in a New York nightclub in which eight people were injured. Also that year, Brown attended a party (dressed as an Islamic terrorist) where Rihanna was present, in violation of the restraining order she’d taken against him after the assault; separately, he threw a chair at a large window in a fit of anger after an interview on “Good Morning America” after interviewer Robin Roberts asked him about the incident. The following year, he was arrested for felony assault in Washington D.C. after he and his bodyguard were involved in an altercation with two men outside a hotel, although the charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor; he spent 36 hours in jail. Also that year, he and his entourage were involved in an incident with singer Frank Ocean in Los Angeles in which a member of Brown’s entourage allegedly punched and threatened Ocean, although no charges were brought; also in 2013, Brown’s probation was revoked after an alleged hit-and-run incident in Los Angeles. In October he entered a rehab facility but was ejected for violent behavior; the following month he was sentenced to three months at an anger-management treatment center. The following March, he was arrested after being ejected from a facility where a judge had ordered him to remain after his 90-day treatment. In May was sent to jail and later sentenced to 131 days for probation violation; he was given an early release on June 2, 2014 but remained on probation. The following January, his probation was revoked after he violated its terms by traveling outside Los Angeles county to for a private performance at a nightclub, where a fight during the performance resulted in gunfire and five people were shot. In June of 2016, he was sued by former manager Michael Guirguis on charges of assault and battery, and in August of 2016, he was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a woman called police and said he had threatened her. An hours-long standoff with police ensued; Brown was arrested and released on $250,000 bail. In April of 2017, he was accused of punching a photographer, although charges were not brought against him. In July of last year, Brown was arrested in West Palm Beach, Fla. on a felony battery warrant, according to multiple news reports. The singer was led offstage in handcuffs at the Coral Sky Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach at around 11 p.m., according to the Tampa Bay Times. He was booked and released less than an hour later after posting $2,000 bail.