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Chris Brownhas been detained in Paris aftera woman filed a rape complaint with police, PEOPLE has confirmed.
A judicial official told the Associated Press that Brown was detained on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug infractions on Monday. The official said Brown was still in custody on Tuesday, and could remain there for an additional two days while investigators decide whether or not to file preliminary charges, the AP reported.
Reuters reported thattwo other people were arrested with Brown.
“We confirm the detention in custody of Mr. Chris Brown and two other individuals on charges of aggravated rape and narcotics offenses. Police custody is still in progress,” the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office tells PEOPLE in a statement. “The judicial action that will be given will not be communicated before the end of the custody.”
A source also confirmed Brown’s arrest to PEOPLE. A rep and an attorney for Brown did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The alleged rape is said to have occurred in Brown’s room at the Mandarin Oriental, which is a luxury hotel near Place Vendôme. The woman additionally claimed that Brown’s friend and his bodyguard also abused her.
On Monday, theShade Roomposted aphoto of Brown smiling with his rumored girlfriend Ammika Harriswhile at Le Cirque Club in Paris.
Brown’s latest arrest follows a long string of run-ins with the law.
In 2009, Brown was sentenced to five years probation and 180 days of community labor afterpleading guilty to felony assaultfor beating then-girlfriendRihanna. Seven years later, he was arrestedon suspicionof assault with a deadly weapon (charges were never filed), and in 2017, his ex-girlfriend Karreuche Tran wasgranted a restraining order against him.
Then in May, an unidentified womanfiled a lawsuitagainst Brown and two others after she said she was allegedly held down and sexually assaulted in the singer’s home.
The woman claimed Brown held a party in his home on Feb. 23, 2017, in which his friend, Lowell Grissom Jr., also known as Young Lo, and an unnamed woman, “Doe X,” forcibly held her down and forced her to perform sexual acts.
She sued the trio for sexual battery, battery, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress among other charges. Brown’s lawyerMark Geragos told TMZat the time, “None of these allegations are true. Nobody has done anything with this… there’s no case here. Chris is a target.”
As PEOPLE reported at the time,police said Brown allegedly “sucker punched” a 29-year-old club photographerin Tampa during a paid appearance at AJA Channelside around 1 a.m. local time on April 17. The alleged victim claimed that Brown attacked him because he was taking photos after Brown arrived at the venue for an afterparty “showing.”
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source: people.com
