Chris Brown Pleads Out, Gets Probation

noah | June 22, 2009 5:00 pm

Breaking: Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge in the case of him attacking Rihanna the night before the Grammys. According to TMZ (whose paps were let into the courtroom during the hearing where the agreement was announced), he won’t be going to jail; instead, Brown will have to spend 180 days in his home state of Virginia and five years under supervision of California authorities, with court visits every three months. He’ll also need to attend domestic-violence counseling–and, according to the reporters on the scene, stay far away from Rihanna. [TMZ]