Chris Brown faces possible jail time after a judge revoked his
probation Monday in connection with his conviction in the beating of his
girlfriend Rihanna.
Brown's alleged failure
to hand over his drivers license and insurance information to another
driver after a minor traffic crash in May triggered the probation
revocation, but the singer will remain free until a trial is held.
Brown, 24, was already
facing a probation violation trial after prosecutors accused him of not
completing the community labor ordered for his 2009 felony assault
conviction.
A representative for Brown, however, said the singer expects the traffic charges to be dropped and probation reinstated.
A lawyer for the other
driver said in a court hearing Monday morning "that his client did not
want to press charges, that any damage was "negligible" and that Chris
did identify himself at the scene and that she was given all of the
appropriate insurance information," the Brown rep said in a statement to
CNN Monday evening.
"We are hopeful that the case will be dismissed next week," the rep said.
A woman whose Mercedes
was allegedly rear-ended by a Range Rover that Brown was driving on a
Los Angeles street told investigators that he "went ballistic" after the
traffic accident and screamed at her.
The report added more
from Gure, who quoted Brown as saying, "Who do you think you are, b---h?
Do you think if you driving Mercedes so got money, b---h? Do you think I
am just a black n----r? I got more money than you, beech!"
The trigger for Brown's
alleged rage was that Gure took a photo of him and his girlfriend,
Karrueche Tran, to document the scene -- since he allegedly refused to
show her his driver's license, she said.
When Brown tried to grab the camera, Tran screamed "Don't touch her, don't touch her," Gure said.
"I was so shocked, that I
was speechless," she said. "Just a moment ago he was a nice guy. After
screaming some insulting nonsense for a while longer, he slammed a door
and drove away fast and noisy."
A private investigator
visited her two days later to give her Brown's name, birthdate and
business address and the contact information for Brown's lawyer, Mark
Geragos, she said. She was also given an expired insurance card for the
Range Rover, she said.
A body shop estimate showed Gure's car needed $868 in bumper repairs.
Brown was ordered to
return to court on August 16 for a hearing to set a trial date to
determine if the probation revocation will stand. If it does, Los
Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin could order Brown to
jail to serve part of the original five-year jail sentence imposed for
the attack on Rihanna.

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