Arnold Turner/Getty Images for The Lippin GroupNothing like a unch of "old rumors" to get the gossip mill churning.
The father of Chris Brown's manager, Tina Davis, calls the latest round of speculation that his daughter is having a romantic relationship with Brown nothing but "old rumors."
"They were saying that before," George Davis told E! News Tuesday when contacted at his Viejo, Calif., home. "Those are old rumors."
Yes they are.
Brown and Davis were first supposedly hooking up in 2005, when the "Run It" singer was 16—a supposition that was immediately shot down by Brown's camp.
"Chris Brown and his manager, Tina Davis, have a strictly professional relationship," a rep for Brown said in a statement to Vibe magazine in November 2007, responding to rumors that they had been romantically involved for two years.
"Ms. Davis has been instrumental in helping Chris achieve success as a multi-talented singer/dancer/actor. Rumors that the relationship goes beyond a working one, are not only patently false; they diminish her efforts and his undeniable talents."
Meanwhile, TMZ.com claims that Davis is the woman whose text message played a role in the Feb. 8 altercation between Brown and Rihanna.
An affidavit filed by a Los Angeles police detective on the case states that, before their fight turned violent, Rihanna "picked up Brown's cellular telephone and observed a three page text message from a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with."
The messenger went unnamed in the official documents, but the identity could potentially come out—authorities have subpoenaed phone records—if Brown is unable to work out a plea deal and the case progresses.
Brown has been charged with felony counts of making a criminal threat, for allegedly telling Rihanna that he was going to kill her, and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, both felonies. His arraignment is set for April. 6.