Chris Brown probation revoked, but he remains free

LOS ANGELES — A judge revoked Chris Brown's probation on Monday after reviewing the details of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving the singer and his behavior afterward. However, the singer was not ordered to jail.

Brown appeared downcast. His lawyer, Mark Geragos, suggested that perhaps the matter will be resolved informally without a major probation hearing.

Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray did not ask for Brown to be jailed, and the judge allowed him to remain free on his own recognizance.

The singer has been on felony probation in the 2009 beating of former girlfriend Rihanna.

Prosecutors moved to revoke Brown's probation after he was charged last month with misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving without a valid license. Brown has not entered a plea in the case.

In a May 12 traffic accident, Brown is suspected of rear-ending a car stopped at a red light in California and refusing to give the other driver his license or insurance information.

A woman in the car with Brown provided her driver's license, according to a police report that says Brown did not provide his until his lawyer had an investigator deliver an expired insurance card to the other driver several days later.

The driver of a Mercedes Benz involved in the crash told police she was a recent emigre to the U.S. and didn't know procedures. The woman, identified in court documents only as Olga G., said she called her husband and was told to exchange driver's licenses and insurance identification.

At first, she said Brown was polite. But as she continued to demand identification, a confrontation arose, she said in court documents.

She said Brown's companion, identified as Karrueche Tientrese Tran, offered her driver's license and said the car belonged to her.

In her written statement, the woman said when Brown refused to provide his identification, she took a picture of the couple "and then they went ballistic."

She said Brown began shouting expletives and grabbed for her camera.

"I jumped back, the girl screamed, 'Don't touch her. Don't touch her,'" she said.

"I was so shocked that I was speechless," she said in the statement. "Just a moment ago he was a nice guy. After screaming some insulting nonsense for a while longer, he slammed a door and drove away fast and noisy."

The woman didn't know the identity of the man until a friend called and told her after seeing a report on the Internet.

Brown won a Grammy in 2011 for Best R&B Album with "F.A.M.E."