Judge rejects DA’s request to jail Chris Brown, tells singer to remain in treatment

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R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at a Los Angeles Superior Court for a probation review hearing on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. The judge rejected a prosecutor\'s request during the hearing to have Brown sent to jail over the misdemeanor assault case filed last year in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A judge says Chris Brown should remain in a rehabilitation facility and turned down a prosecutor’s motion to have the R&B singer jailed over an arrest in Washington, D.C. last year.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin says Brown appears to be making progress in a treatment facility and should remain there.

A prosecutor asked Monday to have Brown taken into custody over a misdemeanour assault case filed against Brown in D.C.

Brown remains on probation in Los Angeles over his 2009 attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna. Brandlin revoked the singer’s probation in December but made no changes to his sentence during a brief hearing on Monday.

The singer’s lawyer Mark Geragos asked Brandlin to allow Brown to remain in treatment and give time for the Washington case to be resolved.

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