UPDATE - Chris Brown's Rep Says "Emotional Stress" Led To Seizure

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After suffering a nonepileptic seizure early Friday morning at an LA-area recording studio, Chris Brown's rep has finally issued a statement about the event, telling X17online:

"While in the studio working early this morning, Chris suffered a nonepileptic seizure (NES). He was not hospitalized. His doctor tended to him this afternoon and attributes the NES to intense fatigue and extreme emotional stress, both due to the continued onslaught of unfounded legal matters and the nonstop negativity."

We can assume the publicist is referring to Brown recently being charged with a criminal hit-and-run stemming from an accident in Beverly Hills in May and battery charges after his brawl with Frank Ocean in January.

A source told X17online that Chris was due at a photo shoot in downtown Los Angeles Friday and was forced to cancel after the seizure. The singer Tweeted Thursday, that he's set to play a celebrity basketball tournament Sunday. No word yet on whether he'll appear ...