Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - Until someone dialed 911 on Feb. 8 to report a disturbance in Hancock Park, the pop star
Rihanna and her R&B-singer boyfriend,
Chris Brown, enjoyed relatively wholesome reputations. Attractive and talented, the couple were known as sexy but not oversexed, fun-loving but not reckless. The two seemed unlikely to be involved in anything more shocking than an all-night dance party.
That image opened the door to a host of commercial endorsements. Brown appeared in ads for Doublemint gum and milk while
Rihanna hawked more than a dozen products, including Nike sportswear, Totes umbrellas, Venus razors and Fuze beverages.
But then came the ugly scene that left
Rihanna bleeding and bruised, Brown in police custody and the picture of them as hip, uncomplicated lovers in tatters.
