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Rihanna talks about abuse from Chris Brown

For Rihanna, the beating she received at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, wasn't enough to keep her away from him.

It took the realization that, as a role model, her decisions could influence other victims of domestic abuse to return to their abusers to finally persuade her to stay away from Brown, she told Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" Thursday.

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