Chris Brown in US Marshals` custody

Los Angeles: Rapper Chris Brown has been placed into US Marshals` custody and will be transported to Washington DC for the further hearing in his case. The rapper will face court in Washington for pre-trial hearings in an assault case.

Brown was in jail in Los Angeles after being ejected from a Malibu rehab facility on March 14 for violating their rules. The singer`s lawyer, Mark Geragos, had tried to block his transfer into US Marshal custody but was denied the request. Brown was taken to San Bernardino County jail, en route to DC. The 24-year-old singer was on probation in October when he got into a fight outside of the W Hotel in DC and was arrested on a felony assault charge. Brown had been sentenced to five years of probation, six months of community labor and a yearlong domestic violence class after being convicted for felony battery for the 2009 assault of his former girlfriend Rihanna.