Rihanna's father is furious a police photograph appearing to show the badly beaten singer has been leaked online.
The photograph, which was posted on celebrity website TMZ.com on Thursday (19Feb09), features a close-up of a female resembling the star with contusions on her forehead, a swollen nose and a bloody lip.
The injuries are said to relate to a fight between Rihanna and her then-boyfriend Chris Brown in the early hours of 8 February (09), which allegedly left her in need of hospital treatment.
The Los Angeles Police Department has launched an official investigation into the matter to determine how photos of a domestic violence victim were leaked to the press.
But the star's dad, Ronald Fenty, is dissatisfied with the LAPD's efforts, telling People.com the leak shows "sloppy work on their part".
But Fenty tells Usmagazine.com he hopes some good will come out of the leak, adding the public will now be able to "grasp the situation a lot better".
He adds, "Yeah, I saw it. It's disturbing. It's good and it's bad to see the picture because there's other people who were thinking differently, that (the injuries) may not be that bad, just a little spank or a little thing."
Brown is facing possible jail time after he was charged by Los Angeles police with making criminal threats following the incident.
Police have yet to present Brown's case to prosecutors.
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