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Don’t hold out for a “statement of the great mint” from Chris Brown any time soon: Slow as it was to renounce the rapper, Wrigley’s has formally terminated its campaign with Brown in light of his pleading guilty to assault charges. The chewing-gum company suspended Brown in February, following allegations that he beat then-girlfriend Rihanna, saying they “believe Mr. Brown should be afforded the same due process as any citizen”—but his guilty plea to the felony charges seems to have burned the bubblegum bridge once and for all. Brown’s sentencing was set to take place in court Wednesday, but was postponed until August 27 because “hard-labor” community-service plans have not yet been put into place, TMZ reports.