(Washington) Singer Chris Brown filed a $500 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery and other companies for making a “defamatory documentary,” according to a statement posted Thursday on its Instagram account.
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The documentary Chris Brown: a story of violencebroadcast on October 27, 2024 by Warner Bros’ Investigation Discovery channel, traces the complaints filed against the American rapper and R&B singer over the years.
Chris Brown, now 35, rose to fame young, first as an artist and then for accusations of violence, including when he was convicted of beating Rihanna, then his girlfriend, ahead of the 2009 Grammy Awards, forcing the pop superstar to miss the music industry’s annual gala.
In a complaint filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Mr. Brown’s lawyers said the documentary, broadcast on Max, contains “misleading narration” that accuses their client of “heinous acts – including sexual assault and tampering with evidence. Allegations that have been discredited in court and dismissed as baseless.”
A spokesperson for the Investigation Discovery channel told the daily newspaper on Wednesday USA Today : “We support the production and we will vigorously defend ourselves against this lawsuit.”
-The $500 million claimed is from Ample, LLC, Warmer Brothers and others responsible for producing the documentary.
In the statement posted on Mr. Brown’s Instagram account, his lawyers said the documentary “sensationalized debunked claims to drive viewership and revenue, recklessly damaging Mr. Brown and spreading false information to the public. To be clear, Mr. Brown has never been convicted of any sex crime. »
The artist, who suddenly rose from a local church choir to pop celebrity status, was also arrested in 2016 after a woman claimed he pointed a gun at her.
Earlier this year, he was accused of battery by another woman in Las Vegas.
The artist’s lawyer, Levi McCathern, said Tuesday that the makers of the documentary had undermined “the efforts made over ten years to rebuild his life, but also the credibility of real survivors of violence.”
