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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Singer Chris Brown walked off stage after his concert in Florida and into the hands of waiting deputies, who arrested him on a felony battery charge involving a nightclub photographer last year.
Tampa police released more details about the battery warrant Friday after Brown posted $2,000 bail to be released from the Palm Beach County Jail.
The warrant accuses Brown of hitting Bennie Vines Jr., who was hired by a club in Tampa to take pictures during an event hosted by Brown in April 2017.
Vines told officers Brown punched him while he was snapping photos. Brown was gone by the time officers arrived that night.
Brown has been in repeated legal trouble since pleading guilty to the felony assault in 2009 of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, ahead of the Grammys. He completed his probation in that case in 2015.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Former Miss America winners and state pageant officials are split over the leadership and direction of the organization which was rocked by a 2017 scandal that led to the resignations of its top official and trustee board.
The Press of Atlantic City reports Saturday that representatives from 22 state pageants have signed a petition calling for the resignations of the new Miss America board, including Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson and President and CEO Regina Hopper. The petition expresses a vote of “no confidence.”
Miss America's overhaul was triggered by a December email scandal in which Miss America officials mocked winners' intelligence, looks and sex lives.
By Associated Press
