Late yesterday evening, TMZ released a fairly graphic of Rihanna that shows the injuries she sustained in the alleged assault on her person by her boyfriend Chris Brown in the early morning hours of Sunday February 8. As soon as I saw the photo for myself, I was horrified by the injuries that are very evident in the photo … and immediately decided that I did not want to post the photo on my site. It turns out that the photo was released WITHOUT the consent of the LAPD, who has launched an official investigation to find out who leaked the photo to TMZ. Here is the official statement on the unauthorized release of this horrific phot and and the info that TMZ provided with the release of the photo:
TMZ has obtained a photo of Rihanna taken after Chris Brown allegedly beat her.
I am pretty disgusted that someone inside the LAPD apparently leaked this photo to TMZ … I cannot really see the merit to republish the photo on my site when it is already readily available elsewhere. I absolutely understand that this news is of interest to many people and I also understand that the release of a photo like this might speak to the many women out there who may suffer from domestic abuse and may prove a wake up call that they are not alone. I just cannot bring myself to feature the photo on my site. Interested people can head over to TMZ to see the photo if they so desire. I, personally, was so disturbed from seeing the photo that I just cannot republish the photo here. Rihanna‘s injuries look serious, I just hope that if any crimes are proved from this case that due justice is duly served.
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The Dahlia Post~ You obviously have never been a victim of DV. I wouldn’t wish it on any person, however I hope one day your eyes opened to the truth of it.
I say this as a victim’s advocate and former domestic violence victim: Intimate partner violence/domestic violence is a common occurrence. It needs to be discussed publicly to take away the shame of being abused and serve to empower victims. Yes, it is a serious invasion of privacy to publish a victim’s brutalized face. However, the photo has been leaked. I hope Rihanna feels no shame in this event. I hope she seeks support. I hope Chris Brown seeks support. An abuser can modify their behavior if they really want to heal themselves through therapy. It takes time and effort to change. More importantly I hope she becomes an advocate. I hope other young women and men involved in violent relationships find the strength to leave their partners after witnessing this unfortunate event.
I am so glad you did not post the picture. That is FOUL that anyone would. You are the only blogger with any tact.
can i just say, PITNB is soooo less bitchy then some of the other gossip sites, that is why i love it so dear, (not to say i don’t love the other ones)
seriously, have u seen some of the comments left on some of the other sites. Alot of comments are so nasty and some… no ALOT of readers then say nasty things to the owner who spent bout 10 hours looking for news for the readers own enjoyment. I just read the post and don’t even bother reading the comments which I really love doing.
PITNB has such nice commenters, kudos to you Mr PITNB (im so sorry i dont know your name, clearly I haven’t red any of these comments, HA) for being such a nice person and then keeping the comments nice.
i love you PITNB & co.
I think it was unfortunate that the photo was leaked; however, after reading loads of comments other places and hearing quite a few young men where I live reference how “she probably wasn’t that messed up” or “she made him do it” (you get the picture of some of the attitudes out there) actually seeing what he did to her might shut some of those nay-sayers down. Yes, it was an invasion of her privacy. But I have heard way too many critical comments about her in the last couple of weeks. Maybe some of those people will see what happened to her and stop defending Chris Brown.
Oh my God. I knew that Chris Brown had beat her, but I didn’t know that he had hurt her like that. It really sucks that the photo was leaked, because now Rihanna is going through so much. Chris Brown really does deserve to go to jail for what he did to her. You are the only blogger I know that would not post that picture, and kudos to you for not doing that.
The photos was leaked because Rihanna was saying she was going to drop charges.
chris is outta control he wwnt overboard
and i send my codolences out to her he should have some kind of consequences because in the real world anybody would have consequenses he needs some type of disiplnary actions to his self besides anger manegment
I admire and totally agree with you Trent. I think it’s cool that you give people the option of seeing the photo or not.