Yesterday we saw the first photos of convicted felon Chris Brown, who is serving out a sentence of community service in his home State of Virginia after he plead guilty to physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, working his first day of his 180-day court ordered community service punishment and today we get to see video of the convict actually engaged in his first day of hard labor:

While I wouldn’t mind seeing Brown chained to a ball and chain as he breaks rocks with a sledge hammer, I am OK with seeing him rummaging thru the horse shit and waste of a Virginia police horse stable instead. After the jump, watch video of Chris Brown serving out day one of his court-ordered punishment for his felonious crimes …

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7 months after he brutally assaulted his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown finally began serving the punishment handed down to him by a Los Angeles judge after he was convicted of said assault earlier this Summer. Here is a photo of felon Chris Brown cleaning the grounds in and around a Virginia police horse stable earlier today:

The State of Virginia isn’t horsing around when it comes to Chris Brown’s debt to society for his assault on Rihanna. Brown, 20, wearing a reflective vest and a red cap, was seen cleaning the grounds in and around a Virginia police horse stable Wednesday, part of his six-month community labor sentence. The singer, who has repeatedly apologized for his crime, Tweeted Wednesday: “On my way to community service.” Brown’s sentence, which amounts to more than 1,400 hours, will also include graffiti removal, washing cars, and cleaning and maintaining other grounds. He will also serve a five-year probation sentence, attend a year of domestic violence classes and pay fines. Plus, he is also forbidden from contacting Rihanna for the next five years.

Even tho, IMHO, this punishment is nowhere near as severe as it should be considering the magnitude of his heinous crime, I hope with all my might that Chris Brown is subjected to as much horse shit as possible in this police horse stable. After the jump, check out a couple more photos of Brown repaying his debt to society …

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Chris Brown, who is currently in his homestate of Virginia paying for his conviction for brutally assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna, has posted a message on his official Twitter profile alerting fans to the fact that he has completed work on his new album titled Graffiti. But, will anyone be buying it when it gets released? Here is our first look at the (possibly fan-made) album artwork for Graffiti and the full text of Chris’s tweet message:

GRAFFITI!!!! COMIN SOON…. JUST FINISHED IT…HANDS DOWN … MY BEST ALBUM… THATS ALL IMA GIVE AWAY RIGHT NOW..

I sincerely hope this album artwork isn’t the real final mock and is just a fan-made creation cuz the word Graffiti is misspelled. To be honest, I was never a big Chris Brown fan before he revealed himself to be a brutal little monster, so I can pretty much assure you I won’t be picking up this album whenever it gets released. I don’t know that Chris Brown will have much success in the wake of his assault conviction but I suspect there are still many who will support his career, regardless of his brutal actions.

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A contrite and power blue-clad Chris Brown paid a visit to the CNN studio here in SoCal last week to tape an interview for the Larry King Live show which is set to air this coming Wednesday September 2. With his crying mother, Joyce Hawkins, and his pitbull lawyer, Mark Garagos, by his side, Brown talks with Larry King about the heinous crime of assault that he has been punished for and his plans for a crime-free life ahead. Here are a couple photos from his upcoming appearance on the show along with some preview deets about the interview itself:

He looks so young. And he is. At 20, Chris Brown is not old enough to buy a beer without breaking the law. But he got himself into a world of legal trouble when he assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February. “We have to be like 10 yards away from each other,” Brown softly tells CNN’s Larry King in an exclusive interview to air Wednesday night – his first television interview since his arrest. Brown still loves Rihanna. He tells King he’s still in love with her. Even tougher for him is looking at the photo. You know the one—the image that might haunt, and define Brown forever. “When I look at it now, it’s just like, wow, like, I can’t — I can’t believe that — that actually happened.” He adds he does not remember performing the violent acts that have changed his life. Yet Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault on June 22. The deal keeps him out of jail. A second felony charge, making criminal threats, was dropped. He was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community labor. What does it mean? “It means he walks the straight and narrow for five years,” Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos tells King. “I’ve grown to love this kid like a son or a nephew. I have a high degree of confidence — I’ll say it now so that you can play it back if he ever does anything — but a high degree of confidence that he’s not going to do anything like this in the future.” Brown agrees, saying “everything comes with consequences. They want me to pick up trash remove graffiti.” He calls the sentence fair. “I’m a hard worker. It’s something I’m willing to do.” Why did it happen? How did it happen? They are questions Brown and his mother, Joyce Hawkins, have been asking. “Chris has never, ever been a violent person, ever,” Hawkins tells King.

While Brown’s mother insists that her son was “never, ever … a violent person” she goes on to explain to King (and, of course, the viewing audience) that Brown’s father was the abusive one, clearly in an attempt to shift the blame of Brown’s actions? After the jump, read on and judge for yourselves …

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Yesterday Chris Brown was in LA Court to face formal sentencing for his June criminal conviction for assaulting his former girlfriend Rihanna last February. As you may recall, Brown was due to be sentenced earlier this month but was delayed a couple of weeks. Brown was sentenced to 5 years probation, 6 months (or 1,400 hours) of community service and is ordered by the judge to NOT to be in contact with Rihanna for the duration of his 5 year probation (he also must stay at least 10 yards from her if they attend the same event). Here are pics of Brown and his lawyer Mark Geragos in court at yesterday’s sentencing:

Chris Brown will spend 1,400 hours removing graffiti and washing cars for assaulting Rihanna. Brown, 20, was formally sentenced in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday to six months of community labor in Virginia after he pleaded guilty in June to one count of felony assault against Rihanna, 21. Brown’s six-month labor sentence will be supervised by the chief of police in Richmond, Va., who wrote to the judge that Brown would perform graffiti removal, cleaning and maintaining grounds, and washing cars. “Brown’s labor hours will be flexible to accommodate his entertainment career,” according to DA spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons. The singer, who looked solemn and wore a black pinstripe suit and matching tie, was also sentenced to five years of probation, a year of domestic violence classes, and was ordered to pay fines. He was accompanied in the courtroom by his mother and at least one bodyguard. As part of his plea bargain with prosecutors, a second felony charge of making criminal threats was dropped. Rihanna was not present for the hearing. Donald Etra, an attorney for the “Umbrella” singer, had previously asked the judge for lesser restrictions on communication and contact between the two singers. However, L.A. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg ordered Brown not to have any communication with Rihanna for the next five years, which includes phone and email contact. Brown was also ordered not to come within 100 yards of Rihanna – 10 yards if they’re both at the same event. Toward the end of the hearing, Judge Schnegg warned Brown, in an apparent reference to reports that the two singers may have had contact against court order: “I’m not immune to any chatter on the airwaves. Do you understand, Mr. Brown, that any violation of this order is a violation of your probation and it comes with the possible penalty of prison?” Brown responded “Yes.” Asked if Rihanna was disappointed by the stay-away order, her lawyer stated: “There were no surprises today. The decision was up to the court, not Rihanna.” Etra added that Rihanna does have the option of asking the court to soften the stay-away order down the line, but he wouldn’t say if she plans to do so. Etra added that while the order specifically forbids Brown from contacting Rihanna, she was also warned by the court back in June not to contact him.

I have to say, the order that Chris has to stay away from Rihanna for such a long time is surprising, I don’t recall hearing that that was part of any deal previously reported. Also, in the wake of Brown’s sentencing, new documents have come to light chronicling a history of violence between the couple BEFORE he physically assaulted her in February of this year. After the jump, check out the deets of their violent relationship if you dare …

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Back in February, just days after we got word that Chris Brown brutally assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna, Wrigley’s announced that they would be suspending Brown’s commercials for Doublemint gum until his legal troubles could be settled. At the time, the chewing gum company decided to hold off on firing him from this ad campaign until a determination of his guilt could be made. After Brown plead guilty to assault in court last month, Wrigley’s has finally decided to FIRE Chris Brown from their ad campaign … as a Doublemint spokesperson, he is dunzo, y’all!

He was on the bubble for a while — but now Wrigley is “formally terminating” their relationship with Chris Brown. The chewing gum company had previously “suspended” their campaign with Brown in February after the incident with Rihanna, saying they “believe Mr. Brown should be afforded the same due process as any citizen.” But last month, Brown pled guilty to felony assault — and now Wrigley has given him the permanent heave-ho … which means you’re more likely to hear that “Double Your Pleasure” song at a wedding than on TV. So Chris dodged the jail bullet — but his wallet may have a more serious hit.

I am all for Chris Brown losing as many endorsement deals as possible because, really, does any company want to be associated with a known woman beater? The boy may be talented but he is also a menace and should be punished for his crimes. I’m sure this dark mark on his persona will fade in time and the new endorsement deals will come rolling in somewhere down the line but, on this regard, I’m happy to know that Chris Brown may actually begin to feel that he is being punished for his heinous crime.

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Chris Brown, who was convicted of assaulting Rihanna after he copped a plea bargain with the prosecutor in June, was scheduled to be sentenced in court yesterday here in LA. Apparently, the ruling judge wants to ensure that Brown’s punishment is comprised of community labor (ie. cleaning public streets) rather than community service (ie. showing up at charity events) and because she could not be assured that her plans for his labor would be fulfilled in his home state of Virgina (where he will serve out his probation/labor) she postponed the sentencing until she could be satisfied:

A judge has delayed sentencing R&B singer Chris Brown on an assault charge to seek more input from Virginia authorities about whether Brown could do community labor in that state. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg said at a hearing Wednesday she will sentence Brown on Aug. 27 in the beating of Rihanna, who did not attend the hearing. With Brown in the courtroom, the judge met in her chambers with a prosecutor and defense attorney briefly before Brown’s scheduled sentencing. When she emerged, Schnegg said Virginia had yet to say if it could accommodate her requirement that Brown serve community labor, rather than community service. The judge has said she wants Brown to do community work comparable to graffiti removal or roadside cleanup. The Virginia Department of Corrections said earlier that it typically doesn’t consider whether to supervise a person on probation until after they are sentenced. The 20-year-old Brown pleaded guilty in June to one count of felony assault stemming from the altercation with his then-girlfriend. A plea deal calls for him to serve five years of probation and six months of community labor.

Despite Brown’s videotaped apology last month, I still think he has much to be sorry and pay for. I am very relieved to hear that the judge is taking his punishment very seriously and is working to ensure that the young man is forced to WORK for his punishment. Community service is practically a joke, especially when it is used on celebs as punishment. I think 6 months of hard labor cleaning up the community streets might do the lad some good. While I personally believe that he’s getting off easy with any punishment that doesn’t involve jail time, I’m somewhat satisfied to learn that his punishment won’t be a cakewalk. We’ll see if that is actually the case.

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