More information from “sources” concerning the alleged assault against Rihanna by Chris Brown has made its way to the Internets … and while I am not one to redistribute unsubstantiated information, especially in cases as serious as this one may be, some of the new info seems relevant to me to pass along. E! News is reporting that Rihanna has been actively cooperating with police as they continue to gather evidence against Chris Brown for his alleged physical attack on her person and cite sources close to the case that claim that she revealed to police that Brown “threatened to kill her”. I know quite a few people at E! News and I have to say that I trust their reporting and trust that they would not be reporting this sort of information if they weren’t confident in their sources. Again, none of the information that is making the rounds — not expressly released from the authorities — should be treated as fact and should be taken with a grain of salt, including the following report:

Earlier today, the Los Angeles district attorney asked police detectives to dig up more evidence for their case against Chris Brown. The police are getting cooperation from Rihanna, and what she has told them so far is chilling. A source close to the investigation tells E! News exclusively that Rihanna has alleged to police that Brown choked her while threatening to kill her and, subsequently, she lost consciousness. They began squabbling after leaving Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party late Saturday. Shortly after midnight, things blew up. Brown pulled his silver Lamborghini to the side of a street in L.A.’s Hancock Park neighborhood. That’s when, per the source, Rihanna grabbed the car keys and tossed them out the window, sending Brown into a rage. He tried in vain to find the keys, then came back to the car, put his hands around her neck and, according to the insider, said, “I’m going to kill you!” According to the source, the 20-year-old “Disturbia” singer told police that she lost consciousness, and when she awoke, Brown had fled. According to the source, her right eye was blackened and badly swollen and she had hand prints on her arms. The responding officers were so concerned about her, they drove Rihanna to the hospital in their squad car instead of waiting for an ambulance. Officers took two sets of photographs of the banged-up singer, one at the scene and the second after she was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment. Those photos were presumably among the evidence presented to the district attorney. After being treated for her injuries, police escorted her down a rear elevator and into a waiting Mercedes, the source says. Brown, 19, was subsequently booked on suspicion of making criminal threats. He was released after posting $50,000 bail. His lawyer, Mark Geragos, has not responded to repeated requests for comment on the allegations. Brown’s publicist also has not commented. A spokeswoman for Rihanna declined to comment specifically on details of the fight and the arrest and stuck to her earlier statement from Sunday: “Rihanna is well. Thank you for concern and support.”

And so, another bunch of information that paints an even uglier picture than the last ugly picture we got before has been unleashed upon the world wide web. While I absolutely understand why both parties are being completely silent on the matter due to legal reasons, the silence is deafening … with no official word coming from either camp, the reports coming out from “sources close to the investigation” are left to do all of the talking. The only thing we know for sure is that some altercation took place between Rihanna and Chris Brown, that he has been arrested and released on bail and that they both plan to stay out of sight for the foreseeable future. I’m not sure when anything in an official capacity will be announced by the authorities or by either party but until then, I expect these sorts of reports to continue to come out. And, blah, I have to express my disgust for those people who are spreading the MOST unsavory rumors about this incident. They are so gross, in my opinion, that I will not even mention them here. Making ugly accusations about a seemingly heinous incident like this only makes the whole matter even sadder … but I guess people are going to say what they are going to say. I, for one, refuse to sink that low. This story is already so sad, why do people have to make it worse?

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