Chris Brown checks out of rehab, will receive outpatient treatment

Chris Brown has already checked out rehab, only 16 days after initially entering rehab after the singer got into a fight in Washington D.C.

TMZ reports sources had said that "The rehab facility has been told to take him apart and put him back together."

His lawyer, Mark Geragos, says that Brown needed out of rehab so that he could perform his community service for the Rihanna case, since the judge did not accept the hours Brown claimed to have done.

According to E! News, though the singer is out of rehab, he will receive outpatient treatment. His rep said, "Chris is continuing his rehab program as an outpatient and is also completing his community service in the Los Angeles are."

Brown's rep added, "He appreciates all of your encouragement and support."

When the 24-year-old entered rehab on Oct. 29, it was said that he was doing so to "gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior." A source said that Brown's problem was that "he keeps self-medicating with weed and alcohol" and that's where "he always gets into trouble."

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