Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for $500,000,000

Chris Brown has filed a £500million (£405million) suit against Warner Bros aft a documentary claimed helium was a ‘serial rapist and a intersexual abuser’.

The defamation suit – filed successful Los Angeles and requesting a assemblage proceedings – alleges that the Investigation Discovery docuseries, Chris Brown: A History of Violence, has been ‘detrimental’ to the With You vocalist and is ‘full of lies’.

‘To enactment it simply, this lawsuit is astir the media putting their ain profits implicit the truth,’ the ailment continues.

‘Since the opening of October of 2024, Ample LLC and Warner Brothers were enactment connected announcement that they were promoting and publishing mendacious accusation successful their pursuit of likes, clicks, downloads and dollars and to the detriment of Chris Brown.

‘Ultimately, connected October 27, 2024, they aired Chris Brown: A History of Violence (the ‘Documentary’), knowing that it was afloat of lies and deception and violating basal writer principles.’

The suit besides said the documentary was based connected a Jane Doe lawsuit, regarding a reported 2020 incidental connected a yacht, which they claimed has been ‘discredited implicit and over’ and she was ‘a perpetrator of intimate spouse unit and aggressor herself’, per Deadline.

The suit slammed Warner Bros and institution Ample LLC for portraying her arsenic a ‘credible’.

The caller suit added: ‘Mr. Brown has ne'er been recovered blameworthy of immoderate sex-related transgression (rape, intersexual battery, intersexual assault, etc.) but this documentary states successful each disposable manner that helium is simply a serial rapist and intersexual abuser.’

And claimed a information of $500million successful damages would beryllium donated to ‘survivors of intersexual abuse’.

The synopsis for the October documentary, which delves into the claims of intersexual battle connected a yacht and his narration with Rihanna, reads: ‘After an infamous assault, Chris Brown has managed a philharmonic comeback, but a increasing database of intersexual battle allegations raises alarm.

‘For the archetypal time, an alleged unfortunate speaks out, and experts delve into the surrounding issues of home violence.’

The Look At Me Now euphony creator has a agelong past of ineligible troubles.

In 2009, the US rapper pleaded blameworthy to felony battle against then-girlfriend Rihanna, and she has antecedently claimed she was assaulted aggregate much times during their relationship.

In 2013, Brown was arrested for felony battle aft a ‘physical altercation’ with 2 men. Later that twelvemonth he spent clip successful jailhouse for probation usurpation aft being kicked retired of a attraction facility.

In 2017, his ex-girlfriend Tran filed a five-year restraining bid against Brown aft claiming helium sent her convulsive threats.

He, on with 2 others, was sued for intersexual battle successful 2018 and the suit was yet settled retired of court.

Then, successful 2022, different unidentified pistillate sued Brown for $20million 3for allegedly drugging and raping her connected a yacht successful Miami successful December 2020. In August 2022, a justice dismissed the case.

His attorney, Levi McCarthen said astir this lawsuit: ‘This lawsuit is astir protecting the truth.

‘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 beingness but besides the credibility of existent survivors of violence.’

Brown launched a vocation comeback successful November 2023 with his eleventh workplace album, 11:11. He embarked connected a North American and South African circuit for the medium successful 2024.

Metro has reached retired to Warner Bros. Discovery for comment.

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