RIHANNA has asked the police to return the jewellery they took from her as evidence the night she was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend Chris Brown.
Police took earrings and three rings from the singer after the alleged assault, which took place hours before the Grammy Awards ceremony in February.
The items are worth over $1.4m (£1m) and were on loan from a shop that has now asked the Umbrella star to return them as soon as possible.
Rihanna's lawyer Donald Etra, said the detective overseeing the case did not object to the return of the items.
She told the BBC: "Apparently, initially, the police felt that it would be needed as evidence. Now the belief is that photographs would be more than sufficient.
"That being the case, we're asking the District Attorney to return the pieces."

Britney Spears is addicted to gardening.
The 'Circus' singer, who has battled drug and mental health problems in recent years, is reportedly devoted to a new self-help programme called flower therapy, which uses plant essences to "balance physical and emotional disturbances".
A source said: "Britney has tried every kind of therapy going. She's studied yoga, seen numerous counsellors and even experimented with mysticism, but they've never been more than passing fads.

AMY WINEHOUSE has been called the Pied Piper after spending time with local children in St Lucia.
The singer, who is staying on the Caribbean island to record her third album, took the children horse riding on a nearby beach over the weekend.
A source told the Sun newspaper: 'Amy is happiest when she’s with children — kids love her.
'The children she took to the beach on Saturday were following her round and all vying for her attention.

GREEN DAY said they are suffering "post partum depression" after the release of their new album.
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says the band is so attached to '21st Century Breakdown', they had trouble releasing it.
Speaking to The Sunday Times newspaper, he said: "It's kind of like having post-partum depression. I finally left the album about two weeks ago.
"It has literally driven me crazy, but there is definitely a side of me that loves the chaos.

SNOOP DOGG has appeared in court to fight a civil lawsuit from a man who said he assaulted him.
Richard Monroe, Jr. is seeking $22 million (£15 million) in damages and punitive penalties from Snoop Dogg after he claimed that the rapper and his entourage attacked him during a concert in Seattle in 2005.
Monroe Jr. said the rapper - real name Calvin Broadus - hit him with a microphone after he jumped on stage and put his hand on the star's shoulder.
He then claims Broadus' security guards hauled him off and delivered a savage beating.

BRITNEY SPEARS has had little contact with her support band since the start of her tour.
Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts said she and the group have had little contact with Spears as they support her on her Circus tour of the US and Canada.
She said: "Unfortunately there isn't much time for us to hang out. We pop into our dressing rooms, change into our outfits and then go straight out on stage.
"I've seen her in passing through the hallway but she kinda keeps to herself and so do we."

RIHANNA has returned to work for the first time since her alleged altercation with Chris Brown.
And her producers Brian Kennedy Seals said the Umbrella star has written three songs about "different situations in her life, just things that inspire her".
The songs are said to include a ballad and an up-tempo track.
Seals added: "She's ready, ready to make hits."

Jennifer Lopez's children are like night and day.
The 39-year-old star, who has 15-month old twins Max and Emme with her husband Marc Anthony, can't believe how little her kids have in common.
She said: "It's like night and day. It's like, this is little man, this is little woman.
"She's very delicate and precise and careful not to fall, and he's just barrelling through everything, screaming and eating everything he can get his hands on."

Amy Winehouse' s dad is flying out to St. Lucia to visit her.
Mitch Winehouse is so concerned about his troubled daughter, who has been stunned by claims her estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil is expecting a baby with another woman and this week seriously burned herself while cooking pasta, he has dashed out to the Caribbean island, where she is currently on holiday.
A source said: "He's concerned about Amy, but then he always is.

Beyonce Knowles has to work hard at her marriage.
The 'Crazy in Love' singer - who married rapper Jay-Z in a secret ceremony last April - admits relationships aren't easy and require dedication, like everything else in life.
She said: "Everything that's worth anything you have to fight for. You have to fight in your relationships, I have to fight for my career, I have to fight to stay in shape, because I get tempted to eat good old chocolate, and all this stuff everybody loves.
It's all a fight, but it's worth it."