Chris Brown: Stepfather says, "Chris has to take responsibility"

Chris Brown: Stepfather says, "Chris has to take responsibility"

Since the time Chris Brown was arrested for criminal threats in connection with an alleged violent incident with a woman reported to be the singer's girlfriend Rihanna on Sunday morning,  (Check out Below all the latest photos of Chris Brown at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards - Salute to Icons: Clive Davis - Arrivals.) Chris Brown's former stepfather, Donnelle Hawkins, spoke up for the first time.

"[Chris] has to take responsibility for his own actions," Hawkins told.

Chris Brown's mother re-married, after Brown's parents divorced, and Hawkins became Brown's stepfather.

Brown, in a 2007 interview with GIANT magazine, spoke about a time when he was 11 and he told his mother that he would go to jail for killing his allegedly abusive stepfather.

"He used to hit my mom... He made me terrified all the time," Brown claimed during the interview with GIANT magazine. "I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, 'I'm just gonna go crazy on him one day...' I hate him to this day."

"There was a lot of arguing between his mom and I. I never raised a hand at his mom," Hawkins said in response. "We (Brown's mother and I) argued frequently... As far as physical abuse there was no physical abuse."

Hawkins added, "I spanked Chris one time."

When asked if he believed reports about the alleged incident involving Brown were true, Hawkins said, "I wouldn't be surprised."

"I became the bad guy. Chris was really mad at his mom for leaving his dad, so I became the scapegoat," Hawkins continued. "No matter how much I tried to be a father figure nothing worked."