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Chris Brown Goes Apesh*t on a Valet Over $10
Chris Brown (Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com)
We all know that it's in Chris Brown's nature to go apeshit with very little provocation. But did you also know that he's willing to take that nature out on just about anybody who's in his line of vision, including a valet?
Well, it is. TMZ reports that Brown attended a charity event at PINZ bowling alley in Studio City last night, but only stayed for about 30 minutes. When he went to get his car from the valet, the valet charged him the $10 parking fee -- as valets do -- but Brown apparently felt that he hadn't stayed long enough to justify paying.
He marches up to the unsuspecting parking employee and says, at one point, "Fuck ten dollars." He later says, "We gonna turn this whole thing on out."
Brown is, of course, surrounded by his posse, but they seem to have a better grasp on the financial situation than Brown does. At one point, one of them says, "We got the money ... don't worry about it."
Even so, it's not clear whether they paid before getting in the car and driving off.
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