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Chris Brown Sues Warner Bros. for $500 Million Over Docuseries
Chris Brown is taking ineligible action.
Three months aft the merchandise of the documentary Chris Brown: A History of Violence, the instrumentalist filed a suit successful the Superior Court of Los Angeles Jan. 21 against Ample LLC, Warner Bros. and producers progressive successful the film’s production, successful effect to their “defamatory documentary.”
“Despite being notified of the mendacious and misleading communicative accusing Mr. Brown of the heinous acts, including intersexual battle and grounds tampering,” work a Jan. 21 connection Brown posted to Instagram, “allegations that had been discredited successful tribunal and dismissed arsenic baseless—the defendants released the documentary connected October 27, 2024 without respect for Mr. Brown, prioritizing profits implicit journalistic integrity.”
E! News has reached retired to Warner Bros. and Ample but has not heard back.
In the film, an accuser referred to arsenic Jane Doe alleged the R&B prima of drugging and raping her successful 2020. And aft she sued him for $20 cardinal dollars successful 2022, the claims were, according to the suit obtained by E!, “discredited, dismissed by the courts, oregon outright fabricated.”
Referring to an alleged incidental betwixt Doe and an unnamed boyfriend, the suit alleges that her “history of unit and erratic behaviour should person raised reddish flags for immoderate liable journalist” and that the documentary ignored an “established deficiency of veracity.”
The suit besides lays retired the toll Brown says the documentary has taken connected him.
“The defamatory contented successful the Documentary has caused important harm to Mr. Brown’s estimation vocation and concern ventures,” the suit states. “Beyond its idiosyncratic interaction connected Mr. Brown, the Documentary undermines liable storytelling and discredits existent survivors of Violence. As a effect of Defendants’ conduct, Mr. Brown has been near with nary prime but to record this suit to support not lone his estimation but besides the nationalist from improper journalistic tactics employed by the defendants.”
The suit further emphasizes the “With You” vocalist “has ne'er been recovered astatine responsibility for immoderate benignant of intersexual crime.”
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However, implicit the years, the 35-year-old has faced a history of ineligible troubles, including his apprehension successful 2009 for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna during a confrontation earlier that year’s Grammys. Four months later, helium pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of battle with the intent of doing large bodily wounded and was sentenced to 5 years of probation.
He subsequently faced charges for assorted different alleged crimes, including a hit-and-run complaint successful 2013 and a felony battle complaint that aforesaid year. He was aboriginal cleared of the hit-and-run charge successful Superior Court, L.A. City Attorney spokesperson Frank Mateljan confirmed astatine the time, and his battle complaint was aboriginal reduced to a misdemeanor assault soon earlier he, arsenic his rep told E! successful 2013, entered rehab for choler management.
But contempt what helium whitethorn person done successful the past, Brown’s lawyer Levi McCathern said that the “Under the Influence” vocalist has been moving hard to turn and larn from his mistakes.
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“This lawsuit is astir protecting the truth,” the lawyer said successful a abstracted statement. “Despite being provided with grounds disproving their claims, the producers of this documentary intentionally promoted mendacious and defamatory information, knowingly disregarding their ethical obligations arsenic journalists.”
“Their actions undermine not lone Mr. Brown’s decade-long efforts to rebuild his life,” helium continued, “but besides the credibility of existent survivors of violence.”
Read connected for much astir Brown’s past ineligible troubles…
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August 2009: A Probation Sentence
In August 2009, Brown was sentenced to 5 years of probation for assaulting Rihanna after pleading blameworthy 2 months earlier to felony assault. He was besides ordered to complete 180 days of assemblage labour and a one-year anti-domestic unit program. Rihanna was granted a restraining bid against the star, which she aboriginal requested successful 2011 to person bumped down to a level that would let the 2 to interaction each different arsenic agelong arsenic helium did not harass her.
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March 2011: Good Morning America Sit-Down
After an interrogation on Good Morning America with anchor Robin Roberts, during which she asked him astir assaulting Rihanna, Brown had a meltdown successful his dressing room. He later apologized, saying successful a antithetic interrogation that helium had to "let disconnected steam" and that helium was disappointed with the mode helium acted.
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June 2012: Bar Brawl
Brown tweeted a photo of a gash connected his chin pursuing an alleged bar brawl with chap creator Drake and their entourages at W.i.P. nightclub successful New York City.
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January 2013: Recording Studio Fight
The vocalist and Frank Ocean allegedly got into a carnal altercation at a signaling workplace successful Los Angeles successful January 2013.
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July 2013: Alleged Fan Assault
A California pistillate sued the "Fine China" singer, accusing him of assaulting her aft his June 22 show astatine the Heat Ultra Lounge OC successful Anaheim and past allegedly had her booted from the nightclub.
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August 2013: Hit-and-Run
The L.A. City Attorney's bureau filed 2 transgression charges against Brown—hit and tally and driving without a valid license—after Brown allegedly hit different car and refused to springiness his driver's licence fig before leaving the scene. However, the lawsuit was yet dismissed.
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August 2013: Community Service
Brown's probation got reinstated and helium was ordered to perform 1,000 hours of assemblage service. Brown was archetypal placed connected probation aft the 2009 home unit lawsuit successful which helium pleaded blameworthy to assaulting his then-girlfriend, vocalist Rihanna.
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October 2013: Released and Reduced
During an quality successful a Washington, D.C., courtroom, a justice reduced the felony battle charge the vocalist was facing for allegedly punching a antheral successful the look during a combat that broke retired connected Oct. 27, 2013, and ordered Brown released from custody.
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October 2013: Off to Rehab
Breezy checks into rehab to "gain absorption and penetration into past and caller behavior."
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November 2013: Back to Rehab
Agreeing with the proposal of the probation department, L.A. Superior Court Judge James Brandlin ordered the vocalist to walk another 3 months successful a residential attraction facility, taxable to cause investigating and instrumentality medicine arsenic prescribed by his doc aft being kicked retired of a antithetic attraction facility. He was kicked retired aft throwing a stone done his mother's car model erstwhile she visited. Afterward, Brown told authorities that helium suffered a "setback, mentally and emotionally, erstwhile helium was not credited for each the assemblage work hours helium initially completed. He had issues with his attraction shortage upset and underwent a play of depression."
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February 2014: Diagnosis?
In notation to Brown's assertive behavior, ineligible documents obtained by E! News authorities the celebrated vocalist is believed to beryllium suffering from bipolar upset and post-traumatic accent disorder.
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March 2014: Probation Violation
Brown was arrested and jailed for allegedly violating his probation stemming from his 2009 battle conviction.
June 2014: Jail Free!
Chris was released early from a Los Angeles County jailhouse successful June 2014 aft being successful custody since mid-March for violating his probation stemming from his 2009 battle connected Rihanna.
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August 2014: Praise for Brown
In August 2014, the celeb was praised by the justice for being successful afloat compliance with the presumption of his probation aft being presented with a favorable study from the probation department.
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September 2014: Guilty Plea
Singer pleaded blameworthy to misdemeanor assault, stemming from an altercation with different male, which took spot successful October 2013 successful Washington, D.C. Brown was accused of punching and breaking the man's nose. He was sentenced to clip served aft having been jailed for 2 days successful the lawsuit and has besides been ordered to wage $150 successful tribunal costs.
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January 2015: Probation Revoked
The R&B star's probation was again revoked, this clip the judgement coming aft helium traveled to San Jose, Calif., without getting support from his probation serviceman to permission Los Angeles and inactive had 200 hours of assemblage work near to execute successful conscionable implicit a week.
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March 2015: Probation Is Over
After six years, the star's probation stemming from his 2009 battle lawsuit is ruled officially complete. Judge James Brandlin recovered that Brown completed his 1,000.5 hours of assemblage work and the Probation Department concluded determination were nary violations. "IM OFF PROBATION!!!!!!!! Thank the Lord!!!!!!" the prima wrote successful a since-deleted tweet.
September 2015: Daddy Duty
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January 2016: Las Vegas Blunder
Brown recovered himself the suspect of an investigation for misdemeanor artillery and theft against a pistillate successful Las Vegas successful January 2016. According to police, an probe indicated she had attended a enactment wrong a edifice country and that an altercation took spot implicit a compartment telephone erstwhile she went to instrumentality a representation of Brown. His rep told E! News the pistillate made "false accusations" against Brown and that she was escorted retired of the backstage enactment "for being disruptive and retired of control."
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June 2016: Alleged Assault and Battery Lawsuit
Brown's erstwhile manager Michael Guirguis sued the "New Flame" crooner successful June 2016 for alleged assault, battery, mendacious imprisonment, intentional infliction of affectional distress, breach of declaration and breach of implied covenant of bully religion and just dealing aft helium alleged the vocalist "brutally" attacked him successful aboriginal May earlier embarking connected his European tour. In response, Brown said helium fired Guirguis due to the fact that helium was allegedly stealing money, a assertion Guirguis' lawyer denied.
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August 2016: Arrested and Charged
The "Loyal" vocalist allegedly threatened Baylee Curran with a weapon successful August 2016 and was subsequently arrested and charged with battle and artillery with a deadly weapon. He was released from jailhouse connected a $250,000 bail.
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February 2017: Restraining Order Granted
The singer's ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran was granted a permanent restraining order for 5 years against her celebrated ex aft she accused him of making threats and carnal abuse.
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May 2018: Lawsuit Filed
In May 2018, an anonymous pistillate sued Brown and others for alleged negligence, intentional infliction of affectional distress, artillery and battle after alleging she had been sexually assaulted at his house. "The information that they made a request for $17 cardinal and I told them to spell lb soil astir apt explains wherefore they did the property league today. Chris didn't bash thing and they cognize Chris didn't bash anything," Chris' lawyer Mark Geragos told TMZ at the time. "Other than utilizing his sanction truthful she tin person a property conference, I don't recognize wherefore he's dragged into anything."
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June 2018: Restraining Order Requested
The vocalist was ordered to enactment 100 yards distant from a pistillate who was granted a impermanent restraining bid against Brown successful June 2018. The pistillate alleged Brown harassed and was stalking her. However, Brown's lawyer claimed helium did not cognize the woman. "This is bittersweet due to the fact that it's evidently the disjointed ranting of idiosyncratic Chris doesn't cognize who has intelligence wellness issues," attorney Mark Geragos said successful a connection to E! News. "This conscionable creates personage conscionable and greets with deranged fans, and possibly the tribunal whitethorn privation to prosecute their Mental Health Department."
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January 2019: Detainment successful Paris
Reports emerged of the prima being detained by constabulary successful Paris implicit a rape accusation. "I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR...... THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP!" Brown retorted connected Instagram with a photograph that work "This B--ch Lyin'." He continued, "NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!! FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY THIS IS SO DISPRESPECTFUL AND IS AGAINST MY CHARACTER AND MORALS!!!!!"
The vocalist and 2 different individuals were aboriginal released, according to NBC News. A root added, "The probe is not closed astatine this signifier and continues nether the authorization of the Parquet of Paris." According to TMZ, Brown was released without bail and escaped to permission France.
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