Many who watched the Grammys last night realize that golden couple Rihanna and Chris Brown were noticeably absent from the awards show. Heck, both Rihanna and Chris were even supposed to perform. While all the other musical heavy weights were getting reading for their big night, a warrant was issued for Brown’s arrest in an assault charge. He supposedly verbally threatened and physical assaulted a woman. While the victim’s name is not being released, witnesses are now saying that it was, indeed, Rihanna.

Her spokesperson claims that she was absent from the Grammys due to traffic issues. Uh huh. But Al Green, who did a duet with Justin in place of Rihanna said that they only had two hours to get ready for the performance. Two hours notice? Where in the Hell was she driving from? Seems a bit hinky to me.

The police are neither confirming nor denying that the female victim was Rihanna but Brown was released on $50,000 bail after being booked for making criminal threats. And reports are slowly trickling out that the two got into a huge fight on the way back from Clive Davis’ pre Grammy party and the songstress called 911 after she was assaulted and Brown fled the scene on foot.

*Update: Sources are now reporting that Rihanna had been admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for severe facial lacerations and was released during the night. I can only imagine how crazy the paparazzi is going to trying to snap that first shot of her injuries.