Posted on Apr. 13, 2009 by Lindsay Britney
Meet Erica Jackson who is Chris Brown’s new girlfriend, or maybe not! According to New York Daily News, Erica Jackson, a student University of Mary Washington is Chris Brown’s new girl:
“[Chris and Erica] met in Virginia, where he’s from,” a source close to the singer says. “They dated back in the day and reconnected a few weeks ago when Chris was in town. They’ve been spending a lot of time together, but things only really heated up over the last two weeks.”
And while Jackson is “no Rihanna,” the general consensus among his friends and family is that the new girl is going to be good for him in the long run. “[Erica] has a good head on her shoulders; she’s solid,” says our insider. Chris and his new gal pal were spotted leaving a Sunset Blvd. tattoo parlor on Saturday afternoon.
“She’s more of a plain Jane — cute though,” says our source. At the very least, she’s helping to ease Chris’ pain over Rihanna. He was mad in love with that girl.”
The rumor that Erica Jackson is Chris Brown’s new girlfriend indeed came after the latter was spotted leaving the Sunset Boulevard tattoo parlor on April 11 in Hollywood with a lady who was seen wearing giant spectacles. Apparently, there were some discrepancies about the identity of the woman. Though New York Daily said she was Erica Jackson, X17online and Examiner ID’d her as Natalie Mejia of the girl group Girlicious.
Cris Brown’s rep admitted he had visited the parlor but denied the claim he was dating Erica Jackson, according to Hollyscoop
“He did go to a tattoo parlor with someone from the studio named Dean. There was a woman there who was a friend of Dean. There is no truth to this at all. Chris does not know the woman nor does he know the name of the woman.”
Update: According to People, the woman photographed together with Chris Brown was Natalie Mejia. The mag said Brown’s publicist denied he was dating either Mejia or Erica Jackson.
The R&B singer, 19, was photographed with Mejia, 20, and another man on Saturday at West Hollywood tattoo parlor Tattoo Mania, where Brown has been inked before, a source tells PEOPLE.
“Chris was in a Hollywood tattoo parlor with a woman from the recording studio named Dean, who was getting a tattoo. (Chris did not get a tattoo),” Brown’s rep tells PEOPLE.
“Natalie Mejia was there with Dean. [Reports in other media] that Natalie Mejia is Chris’s new girlfriend are also false,” says the rep, adding that other rumors claiming Brown is dating a Virginia college student named Erica Jackson are also not true.
(Bris Brown and rumored new girlfriend picture: Examiner.com)
