Reuters: People News: Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana while on probation

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Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana while on probation Sep 25th 2012, 02:01 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News UPDATE 6-California man linked to anti-Islam film taken in for questioning Sat, Sep 15 2012 California man linked to anti-Islam film taken in for questioning Sat, Sep 15 2012 UK boy band One Direction big winner at MTV video awards Thu, Sep 6 2012 Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » Music » People » Chris Brown performs at the 2012 BET Awards in Los Angeles on July 1, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Phil McCarten LOS ANGELES | Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:01pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Chris Brown has tested positive for marijuana, leading a Los Angeles judge on Monday to set a November hearing to decide whether he violated his probation stemming from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna. According to a probation report presented in court, Brown tested positive in June in Virginia, where he is fulfilling his community service, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg said. Brown, who is midway through a five-year probation sentence, produced a medical marijuana card after the positive test, Schnegg said. Schnegg said mandatory drug testing was not a condition of Brown's probation. But she scheduled a November 1 hearing to decide whether he had violated his probation on that and other matters, including travel restrictions and fulfillment of his community service. Schnegg gave Brown, 23, a warning in court, reminding him that he was a role model. "You are not an ordinary person who can sit in your living room and do whatever you want to do," Schnegg told the "Turn Up the Music" singer. "More importantly, a lot of people look up to you, a lot of kids. What you do and what you say impacts a lot of people." Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, said his client had "completed all of his community service." Brown, who won a Grammy award earlier this year, was sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community service after pleading guilty to criminal assault for beating Rihanna on the eve of the Grammy awards in 2009. (Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by Jill Serjeant and Eric Beech) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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