Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape complaint R&B singer Chris Brown is being detained in Paris on an accusation of rape after a 24-year-old woman filed a complaint. Brown's bodyguard and one other unnamed person are also being held. The singer's publicists at Sony Music have not commented. Brown has been in repeated legal trouble since pleading guilty to the 2009 felony assault of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna. He completed his probation in that case in 2015.