Chris Brown Sues Warner Bros. $500 million in sexual assault claims

Chris Brown has filed a $500 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing the company of defamation in a recent filing.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Los Angeles Superior Court, Brown, 35, alleged that WBD and production company Ample Entertainment knowingly included false allegations of sexual assault against him in the Discovery investigation. Chris Brown A History of Violencefor several outlets including Diversity and The Hollywood Reporterwho obtained the documents.

Brown's lawyers said the woman who accused him of raping him in 2020, identified in the program only as “Jane Dood”, had previously been “discredited” and was “an intimate partner abuser and aggressor herself”. (Do a 2022 lawsuit accusing Brown of sexual assault and battery on a yacht owned by Sean “Diddy” combs was rejected, the submission said.)

The “Forever” singer's lawyers argued: “Simply put, this case is about the media putting their profit over the truth,” according to documents obtained by Diversity. “Since early October 2024, Ample LLC and Warner Brothers have been notified that they have been promoting and publishing false information in pursuit of likes, clicks, downloads and dollars, and to the detriment of Chris Brown. After all, on October 27, 2024, they broadcast the film “Chris Brown: A History of Violence” (“Documentary”), knowing that it is full of lies and deception and violates the basic principles of journalism.

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Brown accuses WBD and defendant Ample of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Us Weekly WBD and Ample have been contacted for comment.

“This case is about protecting the truth,” said Brown's attorney, Levi McEternthe statement said People and Deadline. “Despite being presented with evidence to refute their claims, the makers of this documentary deliberately promoted false and defamatory information in a willful disregard for their ethical obligations as journalists. Their actions undermine not only Mr Brown's ten-year effort to rebuild his life, but also the credibility of real survivors of abuse.

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In the lawsuit, Brown's attorneys noted his past legal troubles, including in 2009 assault on then girlfriend Rihannabut said the singer “publicly acknowledged and addressed” his mistakes in a 2017 documentary and has since “grown from that experience and his evolution speaks for itself.”