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Chris Brown is suing Warner Brothers for $500 million over Investigation Discovery’s Chris Brown: A Historical past of Violence. The “Privateness” artist says the docuseries falsely accuses him of being a “serial rapist” with a historical past of abusing girls.
“To place it merely, this case is concerning the media placing their very own earnings over the reality,” Brown’s attorneys acknowledged within the lawsuit filed with Los Angeles Superior Court docket on Tuesday (Jan. 21). “Because the starting of October of 2024, Ample LLC and Warner Brothers have been placed on discover that they have been selling and publishing false data of their pursuit of likes, clicks, downloads and {dollars} and to the detriment of Chris Brown.”
The Grammy Award-winning singer additional alleged that Warner Brothers went forward with the docuseries even “after being supplied proof that their data was false.” The authorized submitting obtained by Rolling Stone learn, “Their storytelling ‘Jane Doe’ had not solely been discredited repeatedly however was, actually, a perpetrator of intimate accomplice violence and an aggressor herself.”
In accordance with the court docket paperwork, Jane Doe filed a “frivolous civil lawsuit” towards Brown in January 2022, alleging sexual assault and battery. The claims “have been decided to be fully fabricated,” which subsequently prompted her attorneys to withdraw and the case to be dismissed in August after a Miami Seashore Police detective found textual content messages “that uncovered her dishonesty.”
If he wins, Brown plans to donate “a portion” of the $500 million in damages to “survivors of sexual abuse.” It is usually price mentioning that the singer’s controversial historical past precipitated a little bit of uproar forward of his scheduled performances in South Africa in December 2024.
“This case is about defending the reality,” protection lawyer Levi McCathern harassed. “Their actions undermine not solely Mr. Brown’s decade-long efforts to rebuild his life but in addition the credibility of true survivors of violence.” On the time of reporting, Warner Brothers has not issued any statements addressing the Virginia native’s allegations.