Rihanna Abuse Police Photo

Rihanna: The New Face of Domestic Violence

The LA Police Department has launched an internal investigation Thursday into the release of domestic violence photos. TMZ.com posted the photo of a battered woman's face late Thursday, saying the photo was indeed Rihanna, who turned 21 Friday. Click here to see the photo at TMZ

Rihanna's father, Ronald Fenty, is upset with the Los Angeles Police Department over the leak of a photo that apparently shows his daughter shortly after her alleged altercation with Chris Brown, according to People.com. "Sloppy work on their part," Fenty reportedly told the magazine.

MTV also reports, Fenty also spoke with UsMagazine.com on Friday, describing the photo as "terrible."

"Yeah, I saw it," he told the magazine. "It's disturbing."

He added that he thought people now will be able to "grasp the situation a lot better. It's good and it's bad to see the picture because there's other people who were thinking differently, that [Rihanna's injuries] may not be that bad, just a little spank or a little thing."

The photo appeared online Thursday night, and immediately prompted an internal LAPD investigation into the leak.