What bugs me more is that this will just be more fuel for all those idiots who blithely assumed that Rihanna must have been to blame and deserved what she got.

I don't presume to know what happened myself or if Rihanna did do anythign that would warrant provocation or self defence pleas, but there's a significant minority of people across the blogs etc who have just assumed it's her fault and it worries me that people have that attitude to domestic violence - it's the victim's fault, they must have done something. People you thought were nice boys/girls can't possibly do such things.