Chris Brown: ‘I gotta clear my name’ after hit-and-run charges
Singer Chris Brown admits he has made mistakes but took issue with the Los Angeles city attorney’s decision to charge him for a hit-and-run and driving without a valid license.
“I’ve made mistakes in the past and have worked hard to be a better person,†he said Tuesday evening on Twitter.
On May 21, Brown rear-ended another vehicle with his Range Rover and failed to exchange information with the other driver, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.
Prosecutors say the singer did not produce a driver’s license at the crash scene because he did not have a valid license at the time, and he left the scene without providing proof of insurance for his vehicle.
DOCUMENT: Read the complaint filed against Chris Brown
Brown strongly defended himself and accused the driver involved in the incident of looking for a “payday from Chris Brown.â€
“It’s not a hit and run if u get out the car, exchange information (who has NO DAMAGE to either cars).This is really ridiculous,†Brown said on Twitter, where he has almost 13 million followers.
“I have a valid drivers license and I gave the woman the right info. She saw cameras and wanted to make a scene.â€
Brown posted a picture of the car he allegedly hit, which shows no apparent damage.
“Just a dirty car,†Brown tweeted. “Once again, I gotta clear my name.â€
“I don’t have all the answers and you can’t show me a person that age who has it figured out. We live and grow. Let me live,†he tweeted.
He ended his Twitter diatribe by pointing to a Bible verse, 2 Corinthians 12:10. It says: “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.â€
If convicted, Brown faces up to six months in jail.
The singer is already on probation after being convicted of domestic violence for striking singer Rihanna. A judge in the case could determine the hit-and-run charge amounts to a violation of his probation and seek to sentence him to jail or prison.
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