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Chris Brown has sued Warner Bros. Discovery over a documentary released last year that includes allegations of sexual assault.
Chris Brown is suing Warner Bros. Discovery for $500 million over a documentary they released last year that includes allegations of sexual assault. “Chris Brown: A History of Violence” was released in October 2024 and features testimony from an anonymous dancer who says Brown raped her on a yacht in 2020.
According to Brown’s lawyers, the film is “defamatory” with “baseless” and “sensationalized” claims. Brown alleges that Warner Bros. Discovery “recklessly [damaged]” his reputation. The statement says his lawyers told producers the allegations were “misleading” and “discredited,” but that Warner Bros. proceeded to release the film “without regard for Mr. Brown, prioritizing profits over journalistic integrity.”
Specifically, the complaint outlines three claims made in the documentary which they say are “false.” These include a comment that he has a “predisposition for punching women in the face,” the dancer’s allegation that he raped her, and a claim he manipulated or deleted texts between them before sharing them with law enforcement. His attorneys write that the documentary “states in every available fashion that he is a serial rapist and sexual abuser,” and that the allegations have “irreparably tarnished” his career and caused him emotional distress.
The dancer in the documentary first sued Brown under a Jane Doe pseudonym in 2022 for $20 million. Her lawsuit claimed he drugged and raped her during a party on a yacht at a property owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs in Miami. That case was reportedly dismissed by a judge.
But Chris Brown has a well-documented history of legal troubles associated with violence. In 2014, he pleaded guilty to punching a man outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. Two years later, a model claimed he assaulted her at a Las Vegas casino, but police said there was not enough evidence to bring charges. In 2017, he was also court ordered to stay away from ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran after she claimed he threatened to kill her.
Perhaps his most well-known incident came in 2009 when he pleaded guilty to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna. But his lawyers say he has “never been found at fault for any type of sexual crime.”
