NEW YORK (AP):

Rapper Foxy Brown, who is on probation for an assault charge and facing a battery charge in another case, had another brush with violence over the weekend. But this time, she was the victim, police said.

Four people teamed up to rob the rapper of a Louis Vuitton bag and $500 (€372) in cash and credit cards, around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday in the East New York section of Brooklyn, police said.

Roshawn Anthony, 23, was arrested on robbery charges in the incident, police said. No telephone number could be found for Anthony at the address police provided for her.

She was arraigned yesterday on charges of robbery, assault and grand larceny, said Clinton Hughes, an attorney with Legal Aid who is representing Anthony. Bail was set at $50,000 (€37,200) and her next court date is June 28. "She denies these charges," Hughes said.

Not true

Brown's lawyer, state Sen. John Sampson, did not immediately return telephone and email messages early yesterday. But Brown told the New York Post that the robbery never happened, and she had not been at the location police gave, near a public housing complex.

"A lot of the time, people mistake me for someone else, or people always call in these false tips," Brown told the newspaper outside her Brooklyn brownstone on Saturday.

Police said the rapper, whose real name is Inga Marchand, had indeed been attacked.

Brown, 27, is known for her sexy outfits and steamy lyrics. Her albums include the platinum-selling Ill Na Na and Chyna Doll.