Vegas Police Investigating Chris Brown For Alleged Battery

Las Vegas police are investigating an allegation of battery against R&B singer Chris Brown.

Authorities
received a call shortly before 10:30 a.m. Saturday about the alleged
battery at the Palms Casino Resort, Lt. Jeff Goodwin said. A police
statement Saturday evening said an altercation took place in a room at
the resort when the woman went to take a picture of Brown.

The
woman said she was struck by Brown and that he had taken her cellphone,
police said. Detectives tried to speak with Brown at his hotel room,
but the singer left before police had arrived.

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A crime report has been taken for misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor battery listing Brown as a suspect, police said.

Nicole Perna, publicist for Brown, issued a statement Saturday night calling the woman’s charges “unequivocally untrue.”

The
woman “was escorted out of the private after party at the Palms Casino
Resort for being disruptive and out of control,” Perna said. “Once she
was in the hallway, while waiting for Chris Brown’s security to bring
out her phone, she had a total meltdown — throwing her purse to the
ground and claiming that she ‘could buy everyone in the hotel’ — as
witnessed by numerous people waiting to get into the party. The Palms
Casino Resort security also saw her wild behavior via hotel security
cameras and immediately came up to the hallway to escort her out of the
hotel.”

“Her claim that she had her phone in
her possession inside the after party and was able to take a photo
causing an altercation with Chris Brown is a complete fabrication,”
Perna said.

Brown performed Friday at Drai’s nightclub at The Cromwell Las Vegas, where he appears regularly.

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