“…This happened to me…it can happen to anyone,” she said, according to excerpts released by ABC.

Glamour is honoring Rihanna in their annual Women of the Year event at Carnegie Hall on November 9.

Rihanna opened up to Glamour Magazine about the Chris Brown incident, the photograph of her that evening and more….

“My friends and family have been extremely supportive, and everyone has been there for me. But at some point you are there alone. It’s a lonely place to be—no one can understand.

That’s when you get close to God,” she said.

On the photograph, she said she was humiliated.

“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day.”

“It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women. ”

“I am stronger, wiser and more aware. You don’t realize how much your decisions affect people you don’t even know, like fans.”

She finally added a message to people struggling through domestic violence.

“Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can’t tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don’t dare let your neighbor know that you fight.

It’s one of the things we [women] will hide, because it’s embarrassing. My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women.”

“I’ve put everything I’ve wanted to say for the past eight months into my music. [My new album] is super fearless—which is exactly how I feel right now. I am in a really good place.”

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Unidentified hotel sources said both stars checked into the Trump International Hotel & Tower on the same day.

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The sources said the two singers are staying in separate rooms since Friday’s check-in and have been transported to and from the site in separate chauffeured vehicles.

Brown, 20, has already pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault in relation to a Feb. 8 domestic altercation with Rihanna, 21, in Los Angeles.

The presiding judge in Brown’s assault case ordered the “Exclusive” singer to remain at least 50 yards away from Rihanna at all times unless they both attend a music industry event. At such events, the two singers must remain 10 yards apart.

In the video, he says, “I wish I had the opportunity to live those few moments again, but unfortunately I can’t. I cannot go into what happened, and most importantly I’m going to sit here and make any excuses.”

He continued, “I am very sad and very ashamed at what I’ve done. My mother and my spiritual teachers have taught me way better than that.”

Chris says in the video, “I have told Rihanna countless times and I’m telling you today that I am truly truly sorry and that I wasn’t able to handle the situation both differently and better.”

Sounds like Brown got the T.I. deal.

Mark Geragos, who led Brown’s legal team, reached a plea bargain with the prosecution.

Brown avoids jail time by doing 180 days of community service in his home state of Virginia & attending a domestic violence counseling program.

In addition, Brown will receive five years supervised probation for the felony assault charge.

He previously pleaded not guilty to felony counts of assault and making criminal threats. At a press conference following the plea bargain, Rihanna’s attorney Donald Etra said Brown was faced with the choice of serving 180 days of community service or 180 days of prison time. If Brown violates his probation, he will receive up to four years in jail.

Rihanna doesn’t want a “stay-away” order for Brown

The judge planned to issue a “stay-away” order that will bar Chris Brown from contacting or coming near Rihanna until August, but Etra said his client didn’t want it.

The restraining order stands but the judge said the order will be reconsidered when Brown is formally sentenced in August.  However, until then Rihanna and Brown are banned from contacting each other.

Brown must stay 50 yards away from Rihanna for 5 years, while the two are present at the same event the distance is reduced to 10 yards.

Rihanna was at the LA courthouse for the hearing and plea but she was never in the courtroom with Brown. Rihanna was prepared to testify and subsequently learned of the plea deal around 12:30 p.m. Pacific – court started about an hour earlier.

Brown’s legal team tried but failed to postpone today’s hearing & Rihanna’s testimony.

Rumors of a plea deal began to spread this morning after TMZ reported that Geragos and the Los Angeles DAs Office were hammering out an agreement.

Chris Brown’s plea deal is a plus for the L.A. county budget.

As we reported earlier, today’s hearing set off a fire storm of press credential requests. Press credential requests for Brown’s hearing were among the highest ever in L.A. County.

Trials and courtroom drama make interesting news & generate massive legals fees but the prosecution & the ensuing media circus can be costly.

Los Angeles County spent over $9.2 million in the 1994 OJ Simpson trial, a monthly average of $325,000. Los Angles County sought ways to diffuse the costs of the trial.

Elizabeth Smith of the L.A. Sheriff’s office noted:

“We feel that in [Los Angeles] County, we’re providing the state and the United States with such entertaining trials, we need to look at some creative ways to recoup some of those costs.”

L.A. County did eventually recoup some of the OJ trial cost by billing for media expenses related to the case, including $300,753 in rent on the parking lot occupied by “Camp O.J.”

Rihanna & Chris Brown in happier times – damn shame.

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Unfortunately this top spot isn’t one anyone hopes to claim.

The fifty-two media outlets requesting permission to attend Monday’s preliminary hearing in the Chris Brown-Rihanna assault case is

one the highest number of press requests ever.

The number of reporters attempting to cover the case is higher than of those who turned out for Paris Hilton being sent back to jail for motor vehicle violations, Britney Spears’s divorce, the drunken driving cases of Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie, or the murder trials of Robert Blake or Phil Spector.

“I’ve never seen this kind of interest, and I’ve been here seven years,” court spokesman Allan Parachini told the Times.

Recording artist Brown, 20, has pleaded innocent to charges alleging he beat up and threatened his then-girlfriend, 21-year-old singer Rihanna, during a heated argument in his car last February.

A hearing was scheduled Monday to determine whether there is enough evidence to take the matter to trial.

“The way it broke — so fast and so big out of the gate — has a lot to do with (the public’s interest.) There was this big audience exposed to the story as it started,” E! executive news editor Ken Baker told the newspaper.

“At the heart of it is this intense romance between these two beautiful people that went bad in this very public way. It has this raw, sensational drama to it,” explained Baker, who said he plans to be in the courtroom for the proceeding.

Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg has ruled against allowing cameras in the courtroom for the hearing, for which Rihanna is said to be prepared to testify if called by prosecutors.

The Times said a closed-circuit broadcast has been set up in a nearby courtroom to accommodate the overflow of press and members of the public.

In an interview, Bow Wow says:

“Bro’s before hoe’s. Chris’ business is his business, this case don’t faze me.

Friendships and best friends means more to me. So if he want me to be there for him, I’ll be there. I don’t even really know Rihanna.

Chris is my best friend, that’s my little dude. I hold him down. I think the media, when they took hold of it being that was the first time they just seen him and made a whirl wind.”

There you have it…..

Last month the pop star – snapped here looking happy on Tuesday night at a Black Eyed Peas album launch party – was ordered to testify over allegations that ex-boyfriend Chris beat her up.

She has now been served with a subpoena to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom in 10 days time.

Rihanna’s lawyer Donald Etra has confirmed the beauty intends to fully co-operate.

Donald said: “Rihanna was served at my office by DA investigators.

“If the preliminary hearing indeed goes forward, she is now legally required to be there, she will be there and will answer all questions truthfully.”

Chris is accused of battering his lover before a pre-Grammy do in February. She has so far refused to talk about the attack.

In April, Chris pleaded not guilty to one count of assault and one count of making criminal threats related to an alleged domestic violence incident involving Rihanna in February.

The couple briefly got back together after the alleged attack, but have now split up for good.

Hmmmm, isn’t Rosen is the same guy who sued Pierce Brosnan for hitting him?

The first pitch was a strike, the Brosnan case was thrown out of court.

Rosen is now swinging at a pitch from March 13 when Rosen took Brown’s picture during a pickup basketball game at a Los Angeles gym.
Court documents say a Brown bodyguard:

“picked him [Rosen] up by his shorts and physically assaulted him.”

Hold up – what man admits publicly someone picked him up by the shorts? anyway….

Brown attorney Mark Geragos says, “This is a specious and frivolous lawsuit by one of the paparazzi seeking publicity and a payday. He’s done this before and lost. We will vigorously defend against this.”

Really Mark? Well, maybe no one warned Rosen that taking pictures of celebrities was a potentially hazardous job. Oh yeah, Rosen is also suing the gym – maybe he’ll hit that one out of the park.

Of course, and with the Buzz’s blessings, Rihanna was beeee-zerk when nude photos of her were released on the net – she assumed Chris Brown was responsible for the leak.

We hear Star Magazine plans a feature story about Rihanna going crazy after the photos leaked.

Summary of the Alleged Article:

I’m going to burn down his house!

I’m going to release my own nude photos of Chris.

I should tell everyone just how lousy Chris was in bed, he was so sexually inexperienced I taught him all his bedroom tricks.

And, we think this would be HILARIOUS if true:

Rihanna allegedly hacked into Chris’ e-mail account and sent this email to his contacts:

This notice is to inform all my dancers that you will no longer be needed. I’m sorry this is short notice, but if you haven’t already realized, my career is over… I think I could build a career as an exotic dancer. I’m going broke and I need some income coming in… I just hope you don’t see me on “Celebrity Rehab” or “Intervention”.

True or False? Well, other sane people have done more will less provocation but we’ll assume Rihanna is above all this garbage.

Rihanna’s energy is better spent being her fabulous self, making fabulous music and leaving her fabulous mark on the fashion world.

So, Miss Rihanna, bless us with your positive energy and simply leave Mr. Brown to his own business. Success really is the best revenge.