Rihanna Testifies Against Chris Brown Next Month
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Rihanna is ready to take the stand against ex-boyfriend Chris Brown at a hearing next month.
Donald Etra, Rihanna’s attorney, told E! News that Rihanna will be called to testify at the June 22 preliminary hearing, in Brown’s assault case.
“The judge advised me that there will be a subpoena for Rihanna as a witness at the preliminary hearing,” Etra said. “She will definitely comply.”
“He has to be here anytime a witness is called,” Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos said, stressing that the R&B singer will be present to hear the testimony.
According to Geragos, the prosecution will outline their case against the prepared R&B star. Aside from Rihanna, the D.A. is supposed to call the officers who were first to respond to the scene and found the beaten and deserted Rihanna.
At the end of the preliminary hearing, the judge will decide whether or not for the case to go to trial.
While neither Chris or Rihanna was present for this morning’s session, their attorneys got more than a little bookkeeping fixed.
Geragos suffered a great delay after Judge Patricia Schnegg denied his motions to have the Los Angeles Police Department turn over the evidence from its internal investigation of the illegally leaked attack photo of Rihanna before the next hearing.
The attorney acknowledged last month that his defense would hold on to the impropriety of the LAPD, which he says purposely leaked the image of bruised Rihanna to TMZ.
“The allegation is that some civilian or officer got the photo to TMZ,” Schnegg said in court. “Did it impact the arrest of your client on that date? I think not.”
While Schnegg did strike the entire police report from the record, she said not to give any special protective treatment to Brown’s case.
“I don’t care if your client is a high-profile client or not,” Schnegg said. “It’s the same standard for everyone.”
Geragos said he still wants to file a motion to dismiss the case, but he said he will do so only after the next preliminary hearing.
As for Rihanna’s current state of mind, Etra said, “She’s doing fine.”
“She’s monitoring closely the proceedings of this case.”
