Tuesday 11th September 2012 by David Renshaw | Photos by WENN.com

Tags: Chris Brown, Rihanna

Chris Brown has sparked new controversy after getting a new tattoo on his neck - one that looks a lot like ex-girlfriend Rihanna after his vicious assault on her in 2009.

The image, which has to be seen to be believed, is not specifically Rihanna but is close enough for the link to be made quite easily. The tattoo was first shown off a week ago when Brown appearaed at Kandy Vegas at the Paradise Pool at Hardrock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sources close to Brown have, however, denied that the ink depicts Rihanna with a rep telling TMZ the woman in the picture is just, 'a random woman.'

However, this will do little to placate Brown's critics, many of whom have been dismayed to see Rihana growing closer to Brown in recent months. The pair split in 2009 after Brown viciously assaulted Rihanna before a pre-Grammy Awards party. The tattoo on Brown's neck looks suspiciously like the photos police took of Rihanna following the assault.

Rihana herself has recently had another tattoo on her body, adding an Egyptian tattoo on her chest to the 17 other tattoos she had done previously.