Chris Brown Arrested by French police in Paris for RAPE, Drug Charges

Chris Brown in Paris, France, on Jan. 17, 2019. GETTY

Chris Brown has been arrested and is being questioned by police in Paris over rape allegations, He is being held with two other unidentified people, Brown is reportedly being held on suspicions of aggravated rape and drug-related infractions.
A French celebrity-news magazine called Closer first reported the incident. The magazine alleged that a 24-year-old woman filed the complaint against Brown, accusing him of raping her in a Paris hotel room last week.                                            The woman says she met Brown overnight between January 15-16 at club Le Crystal and then headed back to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel with the singer where she claims to have been raped.                                                                                                                                                  The American recording artist has a history of violence, including a felony conviction for the 2009 assault on Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time. He completed his probation in that case in 2015.

Brown was arrested in July of 2018 after a concert in Florida on an outstanding warrant for felony battery.  The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed that he was booked on the charge and then released on $2,000 bond.

In 2016, he was arrested at his home north of Los Angeles for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon, after a woman — later identified as former beauty queen Baylee Curran — called 911 from outside the house requesting help. He was released on $250,000 bail.