Operation Misery: Week 5, Day 1.

Having completed her Seattle concert on Thursday (4/4/13) Rihanna has returned to her primary home in Los Angeles no doubt to inspect the damage done by the SWAT team. Personally I think this is a good thing because no matter how flash the hotel you're staying in it's still really annoying to wake up in the morning and not have a clue where the light-switches are.

The only problem with Rihanna's return to LA is that it puts her within spitting distance of Chris Brown. Brown of course appeared in Court in LA yesterday to answer allegations that he perverted the course of justice by fraudulently claiming to have completed community service work relating to his 2009 assault of Rihanna. Not much is known about Brown's Court appearance because it was an in chambers hearing attended only by Brown, his attorney, a LA County prosecutor and Judge James Bradlin. Apparently at the 25 minute hearing two sealed envelopes of information relating to Brown's community service were entered into evidence. Judge Bradlin that granted a continuance in the case until June 10th 2013 (10/6/13) for this evidence to be considered. The purpose of this latest move is clearly to allow Brown the freedom to reunite with Rihanna during her tour whilst attempting to force other parties to expose their intelligence gathering networks to find out the contents of those sealed envelopes. I doubt many will bother though because for this evidence to alter the outcome of the case in any way it will have to prove how hundreds of witnesses along with thousands of photographs and video are lying about Brown's whereabouts on dates he's claimed to be performing community service.

The strength of the case against Brown was reflected in the parties reaction to the hearing. Brown's attorney Marc Geragos seemed overjoyed at the outcome no doubt in the belief that it will do wonders for his reputation as a defence attorney. Brown on the other hand seemed depressed and nervous which seems to be an indication that he knows that he has committed the offence.

I am still awaiting international reaction to this latest hearing but I think it will be extremely unlikely that anyone will be prepared to discuss the issue of Mali until June 10th.

Also the Swatting trend has continued in LA with Justin Timberlake and Selena Gomez being the latest targets in an effort to add to the drama surrounding Brown's hearing. So in response to the Timberlake incident I should point out that while I'm in Wiltshire my father is still most certainly at home.

10:35 on 6/4/13