French police probing rape claims against
American R&B star Chris Brown found cocaine
and cannabis in his Paris hotel suite, his lawyer
said Wednesday while denying that the cocaine
belonged to the singer.
Brown’s French lawyer, Raphael Chiche, confirmed
that the 29-year-old was found in possession of
cannabis during his arrest at the luxury Mandarin
Oriental hotel on Monday night over claims that
he assaulted a woman a week earlier.
But the Grammy Award-winning singer had a note
from his American doctor covering his use of the
drug for medicinal purposes, Chiche said.
The cocaine found “was not his†and “belonged to
those who had come to party in his suite on the
night of January 20-21,†the lawyer added.
Brown, his bodyguard and a friend were arrested
after a 25-year-old woman accused them of
raping her in the Mandarin Oriental, where he was
staying while attending shows during men’s
fashion week in the French capital.
After being held for 24 hours the three were
released without charge on Tuesday night.
Chiche said his client wanted to bring a
defamation lawsuit.
“He says he had no s*xual relations of any sort
with the complainant,†Chiche said.
The singer, who denies the allegations, posted a
picture on his Instagram account after his release
that read “This B!tch Lyin'â€.
“I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR…… THIS
IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP! (sic),†he
posted next to the picture.
Still Under Investigation
The prosecutor’s office said the three men were
still under investigation on suspicion of
aggravated rape and a drugs offence.
The alleged victim told police she met Brown in a
nightclub near the Champs-Elysees avenue with a
group of other women on the night of January 15.
She then agreed to go back to the singer’s hotel,
on the glitzy boutique-lined Rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore.
Chiche said that his client was now free to return
to the United States but would continue to
cooperate with investigators and “will come back
if he has toâ€.
Brown has been in the news more for his legal
troubles than his hit releases in recent years.
In 2009 he was convicted of beating fellow singer
Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time, who was
forced to miss the Grammy Awards because of
her injuries.
Brown was sentenced to five years’ probation and
six months of community service for the assault.
In 2014 he pleaded guilty to assaulting a fan in
Washington and two years later he was arrested
and charged with assault with a deadly weapon
following a standoff with Los Angeles police
officers.
He is best known for his hits in the mid-2000s
such as “Kiss, Kiss†and “Run Itâ€.
Source:
www.channelstv.com/2019/01/23/
cocaine-found-in-chris-browns-hotel-room-not-
his-lawyer/
