After dropping a February hit-and-run charge against Chris Brown, a judge told the singer that he must contact his probation officer within two days as the judge was reinstating Brown's probation, and he must now serve 1000 hours of community service, as reported by CNN and several other media outlets.
Brown's community service may include working alongside others in the removal of graffiti, beach cleanup or Caltrans work.
Brown's defense team and the prosecutors agreed to Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin's order of 1,000 hours of "community labor."
Judge Brandlin also ordered that Brown's original probation, stemming from his previous arrests, be reinstated "under the original terms and conditions."
Brown was quiet in court and spoke only twice in answer to questions put to him by the judge. Brown said yes in agreeing to the community service and later he answered no when asked if he had any questions about the proceedings.
The judge then ordered Brown to be in contact with his parole officer within 48 hours. Brown is due in court next on November 20.
Part of the reason Brown was in court was due to a hit and run charge lodged against him that had been dropped. O.G., the woman who accused Brown of hitting her Mercedes with his Range Rover, said that the singer "went ballistic" screaming at her on a street in Los Angeles after the accident.
O.G. said that the singer, who refused to show her his driver's license, got very angry as she took a photograph of him and his girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, to have as a record instead. When Brown made an attempt to get the camera away from O.G., Tran allegedly yelled, "Don't touch her, don't touch her."
Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, said that O.B. no longer wanted "to pursue this" and Brown did not pay her any money in a settlement.
Brown's trouble with the law began in 2009 when he allegedly punched his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna, in the face the night before the Grammy Awards. Photographs of the bloody and bruised singer circulated on several media and social network websites.
Seven months after the beating Brown pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years of probation and 1,400 hours of "labor oriented service" to be completed under the supervision of the Richmond, Virginia police chief.
In a February court filing prosecutors accused Brown of not completing the community labor. Brown allegedly submitted "sloppy documentation" and "fraudulent reporting."
Geragos bristled at the accusation and said that it was the prosecution's motion that was "fraudulent."
The judge would only comment, "The court does not make any findings regarding the alleged violation in this matter" and refused to be drawn into a discussion over the legitimacy of Brown's former service.
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