Chris Brown Involved In Another 'Bloodbath'

You'd think disgraced pop music star Chris Brown would still be haunted by images of the scars and bruises he plead guilty to inflicting on his former girlfriend Rihanna last year.
You'd think Brown _ or at least his handlers _ would have better judgement than to make him this week's poster boy for assault and battery.
But no: this week at the fall/winter 2010 preview of Jean-Paul Gaultier's menswear line in Paris, Brown willfully and shamelessly took part in a display that evokes his history of violence.
Brown smudged his sullied reputation even further Thursday by mugging for photographers with Gaultier, who'd had his face made up to look as if he'd been pistol-whipped.
The designer's publicity ploy was in keeping with the pugilistic theme of his preview. Models _ sporting bloody lips, black eyes and gashed cheeks _ wore boxing gloves along with their tuxedos, cardigans and crisply tailored suits.
Photos distributed after the show proved how much Gaultier's matured as a fashion merchant. But the spectacle of Brown embracing "Fight Club" couture strikes us as a low blow.
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