Judge Gives Chris Brown a Year in Jail

A judge sentenced Chris Brown today to a year in jail, but that may end up being just four months—or 6 days—or whatever. In a Los Angeles courtroom, Brown admitted to violating his probation by getting in a fight in Washington, DC, so the judge gave him a one-year sentence, TMZ reports. But subtract 116 days for Brown's time in rehab and 59 more for his days in jail, and you get 131 days. Then consider his 2 days' credit for each day jailed, and the LA County Sheriff's Dept thing for reducing year-long sentences to 240 days, and you may just get ... a 6-day sentence.

Brown still needs to attend therapy sessions twice a week, have random drug tests three times a week, and complete his 1,000 hours of community service, the AP reports. And a separate trial for the DC assault is coming up in a couple of months. But the judge said he went somewhat easy on Brown (who could've gotten a 4-year term) because of his previously undiagnosed bipolar disorder and his youth when he assaulted Rihanna back in 2009—the event that triggered his many legal travails. (More Chris Brown stories.)