Singer reportedly involved in assault case

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January 3, 2016 5:45 PM

The alleged victim, Liziane Gutierrez, claims the 26-year-old singer punched her in the face at a private after party held in his suites.

Singer, Chris Brown is a suspect in a battery investigation. According to ET, the assault incident occurred at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday which was confirmed by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department,LVMPD.

The alleged victim, Liziane Gutierrez, claims the 26-year-old singer punched her in the face at a private after party held in his suites.

According to a press release from the LVMPD, the two got in an altercation over a cell phone. "The victim was alleged to have been battered by Brown, who at the same time took her cell phone," the press release read. "A verbal altercation took place as the victim was escorted out of the room by private security and into the hallway."

Gutierrez, a Brazilian model, was escorted off the hotel property because of the disturbance, but she later returned to file the report. Detectives could not reach Brown in his suite and later learned he had left the hotel before officers arrived at the scene.

The investigation is still ongoing, and the LVMPD have not heard from Brown at this time. ET has also reached out to Brown's lawyer and the alleged victim.

However, Brown's representative confirms the victim's name and that she was escorted out of the party, telling ET that Gutierrez had a "total meltdown" in the hallway, with people waiting to get into the party witnessing her "throwing her purse to the ground and claiming that she 'could buy everyone in the hotel.'"

"Her claim that she had her phone in her possession inside the after party and was able to take a photo causing an altercation with Chris Brown is a complete fabrication," Brown's rep says.

"Making false accusations seems to be a pattern of behavior for Ms. Gutierrez. Whatever her motives, her statements are unequivocally untrue," the rep added.

Brown who recently released his album 'Royalty' pleaded guilty to a felony assault and accepted a plea deal in 2009 after a physical altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna.

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