Ephathini kwakukhona uhlobo oluthile lokungaqondi futhi umculi waqala ukusongela izikhali zakhe kubangani bakhe. Ngokusho kwemininingwane yokuqala, i-rapper yathukuthelela le ntombazane ngesikhathi izwakalisa ukunconywa nge-jewel eyodwa kusuka ekuqoqweni kwendlu. Amaphoyisa afike endlini kaChris ngemuva kocingo oluvela kuye: le ntombazane yathi inyuke yamsongela ngesikhali. Wanikelwa esizeni ngemuva kokuxabana okugcwele kanye nonogada wokuhleleka endlini yakhe, ngoba uChris akafuni ukuvumela noma ngubani, kodwa bafunga amaphoyisa kuphela. Umculi wayengenaso isikhali kuphela, kodwa futhi nezidakamizwa ezinqabile. Ngemuva kokukhokhisa, umculi wadedelwa ngebheyili ngo- $ 250,000.
Khumbula ukuthi uChris Brown wavele wagwetshwa iminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuhlaselwa ngumculi uRihanna. Ngo-2009, wahlasela uRihanna oneminyaka engu-21, emshaya emotweni. UChris walimala emzimbeni entombazaneni futhi waze wazama nokugwaza uRihanna, nangemva kokubalesela endaweni yesehlakalo, ecashe emaphoyiseni. Kamuva avele ngokuzithandela ngokuzithandela, lapho aboshwa khona.