OK! Magazine reported that Chris Brown's stepfather Donnelle Hawkins denies he ever hit his wife Joyce Brown Hawkins, despite Chris's claims to the contrary. Donelle refuses to be a scapegoat for his Brown's actions:

"I never once raised my hand to his mother," Donnelle says. "It just never happened."
"I believe that Chris is making these allegations because it is a way of not accepting responsibility of his own actions. Somebody has to be at fault, the scapegoat, and who else but me?" says Donnelle. "He blames me for taking his mom away from his dad, even though it didn't happen like that. Whatever issues he has, whether he thinks they come from me or not, he needs to get help for, get counseling."

But then:

Donnelle, who is blind after accidentally shooting himself in the eye during an argument with Joyce Brown Hawkins, says Chris is blaming the wrong person.

Rihanna should stay away from this family.