Orange is the new Brown
wardrobe. Chris Brown's lawyer was unable to persuade a Los Angeles judge to let the singer out of
jail on Monday.
Brown, 24, wore an
orange jail jumpsuit at court, with his mother sitting behind him, while
attorney Mark Geragos argued the singer should be allowed to enter another
rehab program instead of spending the next month in jail.
The singer was locked up
on a probation violation warrant Friday after he was booted from a court-ordered drug rehab program.
Assistant District
Attorney Mary Murray said Brown has already been ejected from two rehab
programs in the last five months and another program should not be considered.
Los Angeles County
Superior Court Judge James Brandlin said he was concerned about a
"provocative" statement counselors said Brown wrote on a card at the Malibu rehab center.
"I am good at using guns and knives," according to a document read in
court.
The rehab program told
Brown to leave because of that statement and two other rules violations, the
document said. Brown refused a drug test -- which his lawyer denied -- and he
touched elbows with a female patient, according to the document.
Brown's next chance to
get out of jail comes on April 23 when Brandlin considers if his arrest on a
misdemeanor assault charge in Washington
justifies keeping him locked up. There is a possibility the judge will speed up
that decision so Brown can travel to D.C. for a trial on that charge.
Brown's legal troubles
began five years ago, when he beat Rihanna as the two sat in a rented
Lamborghini on a Hollywood street. He pleaded
guilty to felony assault in June 2009, which resulted in a sentence of five
years of probation and 1,400 hours of community labor.
The judge has revoked
Brown's probation twice in the past year, most recently because of his arrest
on a sidewalk near the White House after he allegedly punched a man.
Brown voluntarily
entered a rehab program a day after being released from a Washington jail in
October, but he was kicked out a few days later for "throwing a rock
through his mother's car window" after a family session at the center, a
probation report said. Brown was upset because his mother said she wanted him
to stay in treatment, the report said.
"Mr. Brown
proceeded to walk outside and pick up a rock and threw it through his mother's
car window and it shattered," according to a letter from the rehab center
included in the probation report.
