Thursday, June 7, 2012

Chris Brown



Chris Brown is a very popular American singer and actor. On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats. The police report did not name the female in the incident but stated that a woman had “suffered visible injuries”. Sources identified the alleged victim as his girlfriend and fellow R&B singer Rihanna. A leaked photograph from the Los Angeles Police Department obtained by TMZ revealed Rihanna had sustained visible injuries. After the photo was released, many of Browns fans were disgusted and outraged. Following his arrest and the release of the photo, several of his commercial ads were suspended and his music was withdrawn from multiple radio stations. Brown also withdrew his appearance at the 2009 Grammy Awards. On June 22, 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault. In exchange for his plea, Brown received five years probation and was ordered to stay fifty yards away from Rihanna, unless at public events, which then will be reduced to ten yards.

Interesting Fact: In a 2009 interview, Brown said that it is “tough” for him to look at the famous photograph released of Rihanna’s battered face, which may be the one image to haunt and define him forever.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Dating Website for Women Behind Bars



A low-tech site, Women Behind Bars offers a place for incarcerated women to potentially find love by becoming a go-between with interested men who have internet access. For a fee, men receive the mailing address of the gal they are interested in, and they start a penpal relationship on their own if interested. Strangely the site is divvied up by age and racial status in somewhat un-PC terms, with no one over the age of 50 listed