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RIHANNA’s new baseball star boyfriend MATT KEMP cleared up allegations he= was once involved in a violent relationship - insisting a restraining or= der filed against him by a former lover had nothing to do with physical a= buse.
The Umbrella hitmaker split from long term love Chris Brown last year (= 09) after a bust-up which left her battered and bruised, and her former p= artner with a community service sentence for assault.
The Bajan beauty has now gone public with her new boyfriend, Los Angele= s Dodgers star Matt Kemp, following a date at an L.A. basketball game on = Saturday night (16Jan10).
But Kemp was hit with allegations of a violent past after it emerged a = former lover, Felisha Terrell, filed a restraining order against him afte= r their relationship ended in 2008.
Now the athlete has come forward to set the record straight, insisting = the court order, which was subsequently lifted, is a "non-issue." Kemp’s agent Dave Stewart tells E! News, "Matt dated Felisha about two = years ago and decided to end their relationship. She chose to file a comp= laint and shortly thereafter, on her own accord, decided to drop it based= on the fact that the statements made within were false. She has very rec= ently said that she has no issue whatsoever with Matt and that she and Ma= tt consider this to be a non-issue.
"Matt Kemp is a consummate Midwestern gentleman who has never displayed= any act of violence towards a woman." A representative for Terrell adds, "During the course of the relationsh= ip there was a restraining order filed by Felisha but it had nothing to d= o with domestic violence and to be clear Matt was NEVER physically abusiv= e to Felisha, nor did she fear for her life. The restraining order was su= bsequently vacated. They both have moved on separately but remain amicabl= e."

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