Chris Brown Goes Public With His Guilt – In Writing
Many of us have been waiting for a very long time for Rihanna to see some justice after the alleged domestic attack on her by Chris Brown. We know that since the incident, Chris has gone to preliminary hearings on charges of violence against Rihanna, we haven’t learned too much about what is in store. Rihanna of course was the primary witness in the case, and we do know that she did in fact testify. Her testimony was to be used as evidence against Chris Brown, but we were warned that if her testimony wasn’t “enough”, all charges may be dropped against him. Sounds like she must have told a convincing story, as all of a sudden, Chris is getting all nicey nice about the situation and has even written a letter of apology to her. He wrote her a letter, and then turned it into a video on YouTube. I guess his fate was not looking so good, because one can’t help but wonder, why wait months and months to apologize for something you know you are guilty of….especially when you have been hiding like a coward and pleading not guilty all the way through. But Chris has some explanations for that, as noted in his letter, and though it is a nice gesture, and something Rihanna certainly deserves, it sounds like a whole lot of back pedaling to me. More of a “I need to do this so I don’t go to jail” letter, rather than an actual apology:
Hi, I’m Chris Brown. Since February my attorney has advised me not to speak out, even though ever since the incident, I wanted to publicly express my deepest regret and accept full responsibility. Although I will do some interviews and answer some questions in the future, I felt it was time that you heard directly from me that I am sorry. I have tried to live my life in a way which that could make those around me, proud of me and until recently, I think I was doing a pretty good job.
I wish I had the chance to live those few moments again. But unfortunately I can’t. I cannot go into what happened and most importantly, I’m not gonna sit here and make any excuses. I take great pride in me being able to exercise self control and what I did was inexcusable. I am very sad and very ashamed of what I’ve done. My mother and my spiritual teachers have taught me way better than that. I have told Rihanna countless times and I’m telling you today that I’m truly, truly sorry and that I wasn’t able to handle the situation both differently and better.
I recognize that I’ve truly been blessed. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful family, wonderful friends and fans. God has been generous in giving me the ability, which has brought me fame and fortune. I have done a lot of soul searching over the past several months. I’ve talked with my minister and my mother and I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand what happened and why. I have let a lot of people down and I realize that. And no one is more disappointed in me than I am.
As many of you know, I grew up in a home where there was domestic violence. And I saw first-hand what uncontrolled rage can do. I’ve sought and continue to seek help to ensure that what occurred in February can never happen again.
And as I sit here today, I can tell you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that it never happens again. And I promise that. What I did was unacceptable, one hundred percent. I can only ask and pray that you forgive me please. I hope that others learn from my mistake. I intend to live my life so that I’m truly worthy of the term role model. Thank you.
Considering his last video statement touched on such vital issues as his upcoming album and “the haters,” this is definitely a more appropriate attitude. No matter what was going on inside Chris Brown’s head for the past five months (and based on his behaviour, I think it was probably “bowling… bowling… bowling… bowling…”), he had to do this for his reputation. If he’s sincere too, that would be an exciting bonus. That’s something we’ll get a better sense of over the course of these interviews he’s going to do. Hopefully he talks about how sick his behaviour was, and doesn’t just play Horse with Ellen.
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