Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation on August 25, 2009, for assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna. A judge in Los Angeles, California also sentenced the 20-year-old Brown to 180 days of community labor, which began on September 16, 2009. Brown was assigned to a roadside cleanup crew under the supervision of law enforcement. Photos of Brown working with the roadside cleanup crew surfaced on the Internet on the same day.http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/16/chris-brown-just-throw-it-in-the-bag/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/chris-brown-sentenced.html

In June 2009, as part of a plea agreement, Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna during a pre-Grammy Awards argument in February.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jd7tN4gXF5Ta8eaVJfsc_n3pBFfAD9AA3S0G0 http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/25/chris-brown-sentence-battery-rihanna/