On February 8, 2009, Rihanna was assaulted by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown after Brown was sending messages to a girl.[8] Rihanna got angry and Brown beat her up. The LAPD leaked a photograph to TMZ which showed Rihanna with cuts and bruises on her face.[9] On June 24, 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault. He was ordered to five years probation and to stay fifty yards away from Rihanna, unless it is at a public event, at which it was ten yards.[10] In February 2011, the restraining order was changed to allow both singers to appear at awards shows together in the future.[11][12]