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According to the Associated Press, Rihanna says dealing with the media attention after being assaulted in February by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was humiliating. The 21-year-old pop star told Glamour magazine in an interview that the police photo of her bruised face that was leaked to reporters added insult to injury. After the assault, she awoke to find helicopters circling her house and reporters swarming her street. She said, "I felt like I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears.”  Rihanna stated she didn't realize how much her decisions affected people she didn't know, like her many fans. She feels stronger, wiser and more aware now.  Rihanna asserted, "Domestic violence is a big secret.  The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that." Brown, 20, pleaded guilty to felony assault in June. He was sentenced to five years' probation, six months of community labor and a year of domestic violence counseling for the attack, in which he was accused of hitting, choking and biting Rihanna in a rented sports car.