CHRIS BROWN DESCRIBES A HISTORY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE

Now that CHRIS BROWN has been charged with making "criminal threats" and may face further charges of domestic violence against a woman believed to be RIHANNA, comments he made a few years ago are now coming back to haunt him. In 2007, Chris told Giant magazine that his stepfather used to beat his mother. In the interview, Chris said, "He used to hit my mom...he made me terrified all the time...I hate him to this day." Chris also said he told his mother he would, quote, "kill" his stepfather with a baseball bat one day, and said he used to think, "I'm just gonna go crazy on him one day."Meanwhile, a source told People magazine that Chris and Rihanna's relationship has been quite volatile lately. Said the source, "One minute they're all lovey dovey and then they're fighting like crazy. They're both pretty stubborn."