3 Celebrities, Including Rihanna, Who Stay With An Abusive Boyfriend

It’s been almost three years now since that infamous night at the Grammys when Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna. Despite the trouble he put her through, she can’t seem to break the connection between the two. Rihanna and Chris were separated due to a court order immediately after the fight, but now they’re back to spending time together. In fact, sources close to the former couple say they’ve been secretly hooking up for about a year now. They “meet up very casually” and Rihanna makes a point to see Brown every time she’s in Los Angeles. They “can’t get enough of each other,” but no one close to them sees it ending well. Friends believe it’s Rihanna love of living dangerously that makes her want to talk to and hook up with Chris. Brown’s past abuse isn’t the only thing making the relationship complicated either – he has a girlfriend, model Karrueche Tran. His rep says he is not cheating on Tran and that he and Rihanna are “just friends.” The fact that they’re even friends is bad enough, but let’s hope it’s really nothing more than that.

Rihanna probably shouldn’t have any contact with Chris Brown after he assaulted her, but she just can’t get away from him. Here are a few other stars that inexplicably stay with a boyfriend even after they’re abusive.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj claimed to have broken up with her abusive boyfriend Safaree Samuel early in August 2011, but at the end of the same month she took him to the MTV VMAs with her. They got into physical altercations numerous times, but she just wouldn’t break ties with him.

Halle Berry

Halle Berry says she once had a boyfriend who hit her so hard she lost hearing in her left ear. She has only now realized she chose the “wrong partners” and in recent years has “been smart enough to hit the door when violence even becomes a possibility.”