Chris Brown's hand in cast after Ocean brawl

CHRIS BROWN has made his first public appearance since his weekend bust-up with fellow R&B singer FRANK OCEAN - with his hand in a cast.

The stars and their entourages reportedly clashed on Sunday (27Jan13) in a dispute over a parking space outside Westlake Recording Studio in West Hollywood, California.

Ocean was hospitalized with minor injuries to his hand, and now it has emerged that Brown was also hurt - he was photographed leaving his house on Tuesday (29Jan13) with a hard cast covering his right hand and knuckles.

Brown has since been named as a suspect in a battery report, but, according to TMZ.com, his lawyer Mark Geragos has told investigators that surveillance footage capturing the end of the fight shows his client did not throw a punch.