Chris Brown Surrenders to Police, Posts $50G Bail

R & B singer Chris Brown skips Grammys, surrenders to police on felony charges stemming from an alleged violent incident with pop star Rihanna, sources say

Brown turned himself in to authorities as the Grammy Awards were being broadcast and was briefly held before posting $50,000 bail Sunday night, jail records showed.

According to sources and a Los Angeles Police Department report, at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Brown and a woman got into an argument in a rented Lamborghini after the pair left the pre-Grammy gala at the Beverly Hilton. Brown stopped the car in upscale Los Angeles neighborhood Hancock Park, the two got out, and the argument escalated.

A witness called 911 and a woman with visible injuries identified Chris Brown as her attacker. Brown had already left the scene by the time authorities arrived.

Brown was booked Sunday night on a charge of making criminal threats, and police said he remained under investigation for felony charges of domestic violence.

“The exact charge was criminal threats and it is going to be investigated as a criminal threats investigation,” said Police Sgt. Bridgett Pickett. “There may be domestic violence charges added later, but that will be up to the district attorney’s office.”