Controversial singer Chris Brown could face yet more tour trouble in the Asia-Pacific region and he hasn't even arrived there yet. Two months after getting temporarily stuck in the Philippines amid a contract dispute, the R&B artist now appears in danger of being refused entry by Australia over his domestic violence record.
Brown, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to assaulting Rihanna, his pop star girlfriend at the time, has four big Australian shows scheduled for December. But activists have been calling on the government to deny him a visa.
Australian Minister for Women Michaelia Cash said Thursday that country's immigration minister "will be looking at this very, very seriously."
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"I'm clearly not going to preempt a decision by the minister, however I can assure you what my strong recommendation would be," Cash said after mentioning she had in her previous job as assistant minister for immigration prevented an unidentified sportsman from coming to Australia because of his domestic violence record.
Australian media identified the sportsman in question as Floyd Mayweather, the boxing champion who has pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges at least three separate times.
"I'm clearly not going to preempt a decision by the minister, however I can assure you what my strong recommendation would be," Cash said after mentioning she had in her previous job as assistant minister for immigration prevented an unidentified sportsman from coming to Australia because of his domestic violence record.
Australian media identified the sportsman in question as Floyd Mayweather, the boxing champion who has pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges at least three separate times.
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