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Rihanna donates US$25,000 to LAPD for dropping a phone

Rihanna donates US$25,000 to LAPD for dropping a phone
Rihanna and LAPD Commission President Steve Soboroff in a selfie taken at a basketball game on May 9, 2014, just before Rihanna dropped Soboroff's phone. Twitter / Steve Soboroff
Rihanna donates US$25,000 to LAPD for dropping a phone
LAPD Commission President Steve Soboroff uploaded a picture of his cracked phone signed by Rihanna, after she dropped it at a basketball game on May 9, 2014. The phone is being auctioned off to raise money for police cadets from underprivileged backgrounds and the families of fallen officers.Twitter / Steve Soboroff
Rihanna donates US$25,000 to LAPD for dropping a phone
Barbadian singer Rihanna (left) attends the Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Clippers Western Conference Semifinal game in Los Angeles, California, USA, 09 May 2014. She's seen here chatting to LAPD Commission President Steve Soboroff. EPA
Rihanna donates US$25,000 to LAPD for dropping a phone
Barbadian singer Rihanna (left) poses for pictures with a young Clippers' fan courtside at the Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Clippers Western Conference Semifinal game in Los Angeles, California, USA, 09 May 2014.EPA

Rihanna cracked the LAPD commission president's phone, so she coughed up US$25,000 to make up for it.

Juliana Rasul
May 14, 2014 10:51 am

Next time our phone is accidentally dropped by someone, we want that person to be Rihanna. 

The Barbadian pop star was taking a selfie with LA Police Commission President Steve Soboroff at a basketball game last week when she accidentally dropped his phone.

But we bet he's not too angry, considering the 26-year-old singer made up for it with a US$25,000 (S$31,300) donation to a fund for cadets and fallen officers.

Soboroff announced the donation at an event on Tuesday. He was sitting next to the star at the Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Clippers Western Conference Semifinal game in Los Angeles on May 9.

After taking a selfie together, Rihanna dropped Soboroff's phone, smashing it, which made the selfie posted on Soboroff's Twitter account go viral. 

But there's more - when Soboroff met her at another game, he asked her to sign his cracked iPhone so it could be auctioned off for the same LAPD fund. 

Her adorable note on the phone? "Sorry! I ♥ LAPD. Rihanna."

Sources: Los Angeles Times, E! Online, Twitter

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Juliana Rasul

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