Photos said to be Rihanna aren’t pretty

If you want to see the latest photos of Rihanna, images that seem to show her battered and bruised at the hands, allegedly, of Chris Brown, click here .

By the way, how do we refer to Brown, anyway? Rihanna’s boyfriend? Former boyfriend? Or is that even remotely important?

Below: Shown here performing Dec. 12 at Madison Square Garden, then-couple Rihanna and Chris Brown have since been involved in a headline-making round of charges that he assaulted her.

Associated Press photo