Chris Brown arrives at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheater on August 3, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA.Us Magazine
A day after
Chris Brown was
booked on felony criminal threats charges, Wrigley gum has suspended ads featuring the 19-year-old singer.
"Wrigley is concerned by the serious allegations made against
Chris Brown ," a company spokesperson tells Usmagazine.com. "We believe Mr. Brown should be afforded the same due process as any citizen.
"However, we have made the decision to suspend the current advertising featuring Brown and any related marketing communications until the matter is resolved," the statement continued.
See today's top celeb news photosBrown turned himself in to Los Angeles police Sunday night for an
alleged battery on a woman.
Us has confirmed the woman is his 20-year-old girlfriend
Rihanna . (Both pulled out of Sunday's Grammys at the last minute.)
See red carpet photos from the Grammy Awards!The case is being presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorneys office; additional charges may be filed.
Brown -- who has hired lawyer Mark Geragos (who defended convicted murderer Scott Peterson and
Michael Jackson during his child molestation trial) -- is due in court March 5.
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