Representatives of Chris Brown may be on the lookout for a crisis-management expert to help the R&B crooner rehabilitate his image in light of his arrest on felony battery charges for assaulting his girlfriend, Rihanna, multiple sources have confirmed. Among the experts who have been recommended to Brown’s people were Alan Nierob, the veteran Hollywood publicist who advised Mel Gibson in 2006 after he spewed anti-Semitic comments at an arresting officer during a drunk-driving incident; and Howard Bragman, who repped Isaiah Washington in 2007 after Washington used an antigay slur to refer to costar T.R. Knight on the set of “Grey’s Anatomy,” reports Entertainment Weekly. EW has confirmed that neither Nierob nor Bragman has been hired – for now. Meanwhile, Bragman (author of the book Where’s My Fifteen Minutes?) already has a lot to say about Brown’s arrest. Earlier this week, Bragman said Brown should prepare himself for months – even years – of intense scrutiny, when speaking with EW. “What he is accused of doing is a bad thing – and I’m talking about that in the court of public opinion,” Bragman said. “The only thing probably worse is murder, rape, and hurting an animal. This isn’t a bong hit like Michael Phelps, which everybody has done. This is serious. What he’s got going for him is that he’s young, talented, likable, and we forgive people. You can go home again, but it takes time. It’s not something you can turn around overnight. He has to strap himself in and be ready for a long ride. It’s not a comfortable ride.”
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