The series, which premiered on Investigation Discovery in October, looks back at the R&B hitmaker’s various scandals, as well as the rape allegations against him.
The musician Chris Brown is suing Warner Bros. and the producers of the documentary series “Chris Brown: A History of Violence” for defamation in a lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking at least $500 million.
The series, which premiered on Investigation Discovery in October, looks back at the R&B hitmaker’s various scandals, as well as the rape allegations against him.
It also features the first interview with the anonymous Jane Doe who sued him in 2022, accusing him of drugging and raping her in 2020; his lawsuit said that The alleged incident took place at a party on a yacht owned by Diddy.. The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in August 2022.
Chris Brown’s lawsuit against Warner Bros.
In the lawsuit, according to TheWrap portal, Brown denies all wrongdoing and accuses WB and the producers of the documentary series of “promoting and publishing false information in their pursuit of likes, clicks, downloads and dollars and to the detriment of Chris Brown,” and says the documentary aired even though they “knew it was full of lies and deceptions and violated basic journalistic principles.”
The lawsuit says the defendants were “provided proof that her information was false and that her ‘Jane Doe’ story had not only been debunked time and time again, but that she was, in fact, a perpetrator of intimate partner violence and an aggressor.”
The lawsuit also states that Brown “has never been convicted of any sex-related crime (rape, sexual assault, sexual assault, etc.) but this documentary claims in every way possible that he is a serial rapist and sexual abuser.”
Jane Doe’s personal history is mentioned, stating that she herself had a “history of violence and erratic behavior” that “should have raised red flags for any responsible journalist,” along with a copy of what she says is a restraining order that her ex-boyfriend filed against her stating “she physically assaulted him, threatened him with a knife, and engaged in online harassment.”
The lawsuit also names several people who appeared in the documentary as defendants, and says that “a portion” of the $500 million “will be donated to survivors of sexual abuse” if Brown prevails.
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