RIHANNA'S DAD BLASTS LAPD

After a photo of a battered and bruised Rihanna hit the net, her father speaks out.

"Yeah, I saw it," Ronald Fenty told Us magazine in a telephone interview Friday morning. "It's disturbing."

However, Fenty said 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."

Los Angeles Police have launched an internal investigation Thursday to determine who leaked the photo.

"The Los Angeles Police Department takes seriously its duty to maintain the confidentiality of victims of domestic violence," the LAPD said in a statement Thursday. "A violation of this type is considered serious misconduct, with penalties up to and including termination."

GV Says: I think heads should roll for releasing that photo. I just found it incredibly disturbing.