Feb 11 2009
LA District Attorney Involved With Chris Brown / Rihanna Case — Radio Station Stops Playing Brown’s Music

This Chris Brown and Rihanna thing is far from long gone so let me give you a few updates. Initially, Brown was charged with a felony of making a threat. Now it might not be the only charge against Brown that he’ll encounter next month at this court date.
The Los Angeles district attorney is now involved in the case. On Tuesday afternoon, LAPD chief investigator, Detective Deshon Andrews, personally hand-carried everything he found to the DA’s office. Prosecutors took a peek at the files and asked Andrews for “an additional investigation.”
The detective is doing everything in his power from keeping details of the case far from the media (911 call, documents, and photos), but info was released regarding the call, which was a recorded audio of “a screaming woman.”
Media requests have been put in to hear this, but police denied them. Unfortunately for us curious folk, we also may not even get to see Brown’s mugshot! Since arrested within Los Angeles city limits and according to LA city law, mugshots are not released to the public unless the person poses a threat to the community or its public display will help in the criminal investigation.
And in the ever downfall of Chris, along with Wrigley’s gum ads and MILK ads pulling the plug, a radio station in Cleveland, WAKS FM 96.5, has ceased all play of any Chris Brown music.
Java Joel, the station’s evening host, said in a press release issued by Clear Channel that:
“After the alleged incident the phones exploded. It’s all that people wanted to talk about. They were outraged at this alleged behavior and wondered why we were continuing to support his music. I agreed and immediately pulled all Chris Brown songs from my show until this thing shakes out in the legal system.”
That basically was the reason why the station’s program director, Bo Matthews, axed the singer’s music from the station entirely. Matthews says:
“It appears that Chris has made some poor choices, we are following the lead of our listeners, and we will not be supporting Chris Brown on 96.5 Kiss FM in Cleveland until the alleged situation gets resolved.”
Man, this kid’s career is beat. Just like Rihanna. Was that too much?
-C
Sources: CNN, Global Grind, & Cleveland