Chris Brown is now a free man. According to a TMZ report, the Grammy awardee was released from jail on Sunday at midnight. Thanks to a decision handed out by Judge James R. Brandlin, his 234 days of rehab and jail time spent was credited towards his 365 days in custody punishment for violating his probation by getting into a fight along with his bodyguard in Washington DC last year.
Aside from the freedom, Brandlin also ordered Brown to get court-mandated therapy twice a week and to undergo random drug testing three times per week. Brown has been diagnosed recently with Bipolar disorder, Daily Mail said.
It has been a long way down for the singer, who was first placed on probation in 2009 after assaulting Rihanna, who was then his girlfriend. The "Yeah Yeah Yeah" hitmaker has been in custody since he got kicked out of a rehab facility in mid-March for breaking three in-house rules.
On the other hand, Brown needs to face his misdemeanor assault case in Washington DC. Parker Adam has accused the singer and his bodyguard Christopher Hollosy of hitting him outside a local hotel, which he claimed to have resulted in a broken nose. The misdemeanor trial is expected to begin in the coming months, which could threaten Brown's chances of a comeback to the music scene. If he gets convicted, he could spend a maximum of six months in jail aside from paying a thousand-dollar fine, Daily Mail said.
If there's one thing that could cheer up the singer at this point, it would be his reported settlement on a lawsuit involving rival rapper Drake. His physical altercation with Drake at a New York nightclub made national headlines, as several bystanders were said to have been injured during the brawl, RadarOnline said.
Brown's lawyers reportedly hit a snag when following an initial settlement with the victims of the nightclub fight, attorneys representing the WIP nightclub had filed a motion in March this year to withdrew the victims' positions in the settlement.
In April, Brown's lawyers insisted on the agreement reached with the victims and said in a filing, "(The settlement) took months, included numerous sessions with the court and required many hours of attorney negotiation. withdrawal at this critical moment in the settlement process would materially adversely impact the parties' ability to execute and finalize the Settlement Agreement."
RadarOnline said that the NY nightclub case appeared to have been settled after the presiding judge have ordered all parties to convene for a compliance conference in the same month Brown's lawyers filed the opposition.
