Cops pull over Rihanna

Los Angeles police put the brakes on a speedy getaway by Rihanna from a trendy Hollywood nightclub recently.

Rihanna's sport utility vehicle was stopped on Hollywood Boulevard yesterday after police noticed it did not have a front licence plate.

Rihanna was in the vehicle, police said, but a spokesman had no details of what penalty, if any, her driver faced.

Video shot by celebrity web site TMZ showed an officer giving the driver a ticket.

The site also posted video of the 'Umbrella' singer coming in and out of the trendy Les Deux nightclub.

The SUV is seen speeding away from the club, and later at the traffic stop. Paparazzi assembled around the vehicle both times.

The videos also showed Rihanna was not sporting sunglasses, which she had been shown wearing in several photographs taken in Los Angeles and New York since boyfriend Chris Brown allegedly beat her in February.

Police investigated the case and interviewed the 21-year-old singer, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty.

Brown is scheduled to appear in court on April 6 charged with assault and making criminal threat.