Chris Brown was booted from a rehab facility this month after smashing his mother's car window during a family session, his probation officer reported Wednesday.
The judge overseeing Brown's
probation in his Rihanna beating case ordered the singer to immediately enter
another rehab program and stay for 90 days.
Brown, who was arrested on an
assault charge in Washington, D.C., last month, still faces a possibly probation
violation charge that could send him to prison.
"There is much concern with the
probationer's new arrest and his violent outburst that resulted in his discharge
from a treatment facility," the probation report said.
The singer sat nervously in a Los
Angeles County courtroom, holding girlfriend Karrueche Tran's hand as he waited
while his lawyer, Mark Geragos, met privately with the judge and prosecutor
before his hearing began Wednesday afternoon.
Brown's freedom has been in
question since he was arrested on a sidewalk near the White House after
allegedly punching a man.
The probation imposed when he
pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the 2009 attack on Rihanna -- his
girlfriend at the time -- requires that he stay out of legal trouble.
The lawyers and judge emerged
from chambers with a deal, which required Brown to spend the next 90 days in a
court-approved treatment facility.
Los Angeles County Deputy
District Attorney Mary Murray told the judge she still reserved the right to ask
for Brown's probation to be revoked on the D.C. arrest.
Los Angeles County Superior
Court Judge James Brandlin ordered the probation officer to provide a detailed
report about that incident, with that report expected to be presented when Brown
returns to court on December 16.
Brown voluntarily entered a rehab center on October 28, a day after he was
released from a Washington jail.
"His goal is to gain focus and
insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit
of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point," representative
Nicole Perna said when he entered.
When he checked out on November
10 his representative said he would continue in the program as an
outpatient.
However, the probation report
given to the judge Wednesday disputed that, saying he was kicked out of the
program. It quoted a center official saying he was ordered out for "breaking
programs rules by acting violently."
The violence involved Brown
"throwing a rock through his mother's car window" after a family session at the
center in which she said she wanted him to stay in the treatment.
"Mr. Brown preceded to walk
outside and pick up a rock and threw it through his mother's car window and it
shattered," according to letter from the rehab center included in the probation
report.
Brown's "prognosis is very
guarded" unless he gets professional help, the letter said,
Brown will leave the new rehab
center three days a week to work eight-hour shifts of community labor so that he
can complete the 1,000 hours of work still remaining in his punishment for the
attack on Rihanna. The report estimated he will have to work on community labor
three days of every week until next August to meet his deadline.
He may also travel to Washington
for a court hearing Monday in the assault case there, the judge said. His lawyer
said he would try to get the hearing delayed.
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