Nov 6th, 2009 - ABC News
Singer Rihanna is breaking her silence about the night then-boyfriend Chris Brown beat her, telling Diane Sawyer that he had "no soul in his eyes."
"It wasn't the same person that says I love you. It was not those... eyes," she told Sawyer in an exclusive interview. "He had ... no soul in his eyes. Just blank. ...He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him."
The February 2009 assault left the 21-year-old battered and bruised, and Brown was sentenced to five years of probation, community labor, and one year of domestic-violence counseling.
Related stories:
Chris Brown on Rihanna's Interview: Assault Should Be "Between Us"
Nov 7th, 2009 - Usmagazine
Chris Brown has something to say about ex-girlfriend Rihanna's revealing interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, in which the singer spoke frankly about the Feb. 8 incident in which he assaulted her.Rihanna: Chris Brown beat me 'like he had nothing to lose'
Nov 7th, 2009 - News & Observer
A couple of hours before "20/20" broadcast the interview of singer Rihanna by Diane Sawyer, I was involved in a three-way, sometimes loud, discussion about the Rihanna/Chris Brown incident. The guy in the conversation...
Rihanna Details Chris Brown Assault, Reveals Family's Past Domestic Abuse
Nov 7th, 2009 - MTV
Rihanna was reflective and revealing throughout her "20/20" interview with Diane Sawyer on Friday night (November 6) as she spoke about her relationship with Chris Brown and explained that abuse was also a part of her upbringing...Rihanna Describes 'Dangerous' Relationship With Chris Brown
Nov 6th, 2009 - MTV
Rihanna spoke candidly to Diane Sawyer about falling in love with Chris Brown and the fallout of the February assault in her first sit-down interview since the incident...Rihanna Gives Painful Details of Chris Brown Assault
Nov 6th, 2009 - People
In a 20/20 interview airing Friday, Rihanna offers a graphic account of the fateful Feb. 7 confrontation with her then-boyfriend Chris Brown – including the terrifying blankness that seemed to come over him as he assaulted her.



