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By LILLIAN GISSEN AND CHARLIE LANKSTON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
During the height of Rihanna’s career, the mogul was embroiled in a complicated domestic violence case against rapper Chris Brown.
She and Brown began dating in 2007 and were together for two years before splitting in February 2009.
Around that time, reports began to emerge that Brown had physically assaulted her on her way home from a pre-Grammy party, and police later said that he punched, choked, bit, and threatened to kill Rihanna.
He eventually turned himself in to authorities and was charged with assault and criminal threats. A photo obtained by TMZ showed Rihanna battered, with bruises all over her swollen face.
“It was a turning point,” he later told The Guardian of the incident. ‘It was the end of an incredible year, an incredible album [Good Girl Gone Bad]the beginning of a new era, and I felt like it was a wake-up call for me, and it had to happen.
Rihanna and Brown began dating in 2007, but broke up in February 2009, when reports surfaced that Brown had physically assaulted her. They are photographed together one day before the assault.
In June 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault and received five years probation and was ordered to stay 50 yards away from his ex. Rihanna and Brown at her trial
“As bad and terrible as it was, there were a lot of good things that came out of that situation.
‘Even for [Brown], like, now he knows he’s never going to do that again. And now, girls are learning from that too, and I really hope young men can learn from that.
‘Even more than girls, men really need to learn from it. Because everyone is focusing on women, but the problem is not women.
‘Before, young girls would look at me and think my life was perfect, but now they realize it’s not.
She then entered an on-off relationship with Drake, which lasted from 2009 to 2016. They appear together in 2016.
She was then linked to Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel from 2017 to 2020. They broke up after three years together because “their lives were too different.” They are shown in 2019.
There were also rumors that she dated baseball player Matt Kemp throughout 2010. They are pictured together in January 2010.
She has also been linked to Transformers star Shia LaBeouf, soccer star Karim Benzema, Lewis Hamilton (left), rapper Travis Scott (right), and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
‘Nobody is perfect. I’m living the same human life as them, just with a more public career, and when they realize I go through crap like that, suddenly that makes me human to them. So now I feel really strong, but I also feel very open, in a good way.’
She added: ‘I don’t want that stamp going through my head as a victim of domestic violence.
“As much as it’s been, that’s a part of my life that I want to throw away, that I never want to go through again.”
In June 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault and received five years probation and was ordered to stay at least 50 yards away from his ex.
while talking to larry king about it later that year, he called the night “one of the worst moments of his life.”
‘We are both young, no one taught us to love each other. Nobody taught us a book on how to control our emotions, our anger,” she said.
After King showed Brown the photo of Rihanna’s face, he added: “That’s not who I am as a person.” I do not know what to think.’
She began dating her current boyfriend, ASAP Rocky, in 2021, and in January 2022, they announced that they were expecting their first child together. The couple welcomed a baby boy in May
She then entered an on-off relationship with Drake, which lasted from 2009 to 2016.
They were first seen kissing at a bowling alley in Los Angeles, shortly after her relationship with Brown ended.
The pair have been seen together many times over the years, and during a speech he gave for Rihanna’s Video Vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2016, he called her “someone he’s been in love with since he was 22.” “.
The billionaire (pictured March 1, 2022) welcomed her first child, a baby boy, in May.
However, by 2018, the star told him Fashion that she and Drake weren’t on speaking terms anymore, but that they weren’t ‘enemies’.
She briefly rekindled her romance with Brown in 2013. She was then linked to Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel from 2017 to 2020.
They split after three years together because “their lives were too different,” a source said. People.
She later spoke about trying to balance her work and relationship, explaining, “I got into a new relationship and I care about it.” It was like, “I need to make time for this.”
‘Just like nurturing my businesses, I also need to nurture this. I will shut things down for two days, three days at a time. On my calendar we now have the infamous “P” which stands for personal days. This is something new.
She began dating her current boyfriend, ASAP Rocky, in 2021, and in January 2022, they announced that they were expecting their first child together. The couple welcomed a baby boy in May.
The two have known each other since the early 2010s, when they began performing and touring together.
They remained friends for much of the previous decade. People confirmed that they were officially dating in the fall of 2020.
Over the years, there were also rumors that she dated Transformers star Shia LaBeouf, baseball player Matt Kemp, soccer star Karim Benzema, Lewis Hamilton, rapper Travis Scott, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
He currently owns a $14 million penthouse in Manhattan, New York, and a $9 million house in London, England. In December 2018, she listed her Hollywood Hills home, which reportedly sold for $10.4 million.
The couple are now expecting their second child together, with Rihanna confirming the pregnancy shortly after she debuted her baby bump during her Super Bowl halftime show.