US R&B star Chris Brown has flown to Miami in a bid to escape a complaint of assault from an unnamed woman, reported to be his girlfriend, Rihanna.

The singer, who is staying at a $20million beach-side villa owned by rapper P Diddy, was photographed jet-skiing over the weekend.

Brown was arrested by police last month following an alleged altercation with a woman in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Although the identity of the woman has yet to be revealed, a photograph apparently of Rihanna, which showed the singer with facial injuries, appeared online shortly after the incident.

According to The Sun newspaper, Brown met with Rihanna in Miami in a bid to rekindle their relationship.

Sources told the newspaper that the pair had been “talking and soul-searching” together.

Brown, who has issued a public apology, is due in court this week over the incident.

The singer has also been dropped from a number of endorsement deals, and has also apparently been “erased” from the promotional campaign for a forthcoming movie.

(by Jason Gregory)