Rihanna

It was only a matter of time, before a photo of Rihanna after her violent altercation with Chris Brown on February 8th hit the web. TMZ has obtained a picture of the pop star after the alleged beating, and it is a harrowing image to say the least.

Los Angeles police have opened an internal investigation into who illicitly leaked a closeup photograph of Rihanna’s brutalized face purportedly taken after her Feb. 8 altercation with Chris Brown.