Chris Brown has sued Warner Bros. after a documentary about him in October (Picture: Getty)
Chris Brown has filed a £500million (£405million) lawsuit against Warner Bros after a documentary claimed he was a ‘serial rapist and a sexual abuser’.
The defamation suit – filed in Los Angeles and requesting a jury trial – alleges that the Investigation Discovery docuseries, Chris Brown: A History of Violence, has been ‘detrimental’ to the With You singer and is ‘full of lies’.
‘To put it simply, this case is about the media putting their own profits over the truth,’ the complaint continues.
‘Since the beginning of October of 2024, Ample LLC and Warner Brothers were put on notice that they were promoting and publishing false information in their pursuit of likes, clicks, downloads and dollars and to the detriment of Chris Brown.
‘Ultimately, on October 27, 2024, they aired Chris Brown: A History of Violence (the ‘Documentary’), knowing that it was full of lies and deception and violating basic journalist principles.’
The suit also said the documentary was based on a Jane Doe lawsuit, regarding a reported 2020 incident on a yacht, which they claimed has been ‘discredited over and over’ and she was ‘a perpetrator of intimate partner violence and aggressor herself’, per Deadline.
The documentary delved into Chris Brown’s history, and dug into a Jane Dow lawsuit (Picture: Warner Bros)
The lawsuit slammed Warner Bros and company Ample LLC for portraying her as ‘credible’.
The new lawsuit added: ‘Mr. Brown has never been found guilty of any sex-related crime (rape, sexual battery, sexual assault, etc.) but this documentary states in every available fashion that he is a serial rapist and sexual abuser.’
And claimed a portion of the $500m in damages would be donated to ‘survivors of sexual abuse’.
The synopsis for the October documentary, which delves into the claims of sexual assault on a yacht and his relationship with Rihanna, reads: ‘After an infamous assault, Chris Brown has managed a musical comeback, but a growing list of sexual assault allegations raises alarm.
‘For the first time, an alleged victim speaks out, and experts delve into the surrounding issues of domestic violence.’
The Look At Me Now music artist has a long history of legal troubles.
The $500million lawsuit claims the documentary is ‘full of lies’ (Picture: WireImage)
In 2009, the US rapper pleaded guilty to felony assault against then-girlfriend Rihanna, and she has previously claimed she was assaulted multiple more times during their relationship.
In 2013, Brown was arrested for felony assault after a ‘physical altercation’ with two men. Later that year he spent time in jail for probation violation after being kicked out of a treatment facility.
In 2017, his ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran filed a five-year restraining order against Brown after claiming he sent her violent threats.
He, along with two others, was sued for sexual assault in 2018 and the lawsuit was eventually settled out of court.
The singer has a long history of legal troubles (Picture: Getty)
Then, in 2022, another unidentified woman sued Brown for $20million for allegedly drugging and raping her on a yacht in Miami in December 2020. In August 2022, a judge dismissed the case.
His attorney, Levi McCarthen said about this lawsuit: ‘This case is about protecting the truth.
‘Despite being provided with evidence disproving their claims, the producers of this documentary intentionally promoted false and defamatory information, knowingly disregarding their ethical obligations as journalists.
‘Their actions undermine not only Mr. Brown’s decade-long efforts to rebuild his life but also the credibility of true survivors of violence.’
Brown launched a career comeback in November 2023 with his eleventh studio album, 11:11. He embarked on a North American and South African tour for the album in 2024.
Metro has reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery for comment.
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