Like many women, I was shocked and disturbed by the pictures leaked of a beaten Rihanna by until recently, "allegedly" by Chris Brown. Until Monday, Brown denied that he belt Rihanna after a pre-Grammy party last year, but on Monday took a plea deal and pleaded gulity to assult.
This plea deal has now found Brown escaping possible jail time and being slapped on the wrist with 180 hours of community service. What message is this sending? It's ok to smack around your girlfriend/wife/mother/sister, all you will have to do is plead guilty and your punishment will be the same as if you were caught talking in class at school: pick up rubbish.
Even though this happened in the States what do you guys think? Is it an adequate form of punishment? What message, if any, do you think this is sending out?
Fact of the matter is, celebrities will always be held in different esteem to your average Joe Blow. Especially in the USA.
ReplyDeleteEveryone knows the punishment is disgraceful. But mind you, a person living in the public eye will be affected by a criminal record more than most. That's not to say that the punishment is adequate (for the record I do not believe it is).
He will just write a bloody song about it and make millions of dollars off his idiot fans who still support him after he beats his gf and smells like rubbish.... BOYCOTT!!!!
ReplyDeleteTo be fair we should acknowledge that America is getting much better at punishing this type of behaviour. I mean he got a whole 180 hours of community service. Remember OJ got a book deal!
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