A woman is suing the R&B singer Chris Brown for $20m for allegedly drugging and raping her on a yacht docked at a property in Miami owned by P Diddy, Rolling Stone has reported.
The unidentified plaintiff – a professional choreographer, dancer, model and musician who is named Jane Doe in the lawsuit – and an unidentified friend were invited to the yacht on 30 December 2021 by a male friend.
The lawsuit states that while the man was on the phone to Doe, Brown took it from him and told her “he had heard about her music and urged her to head over to Diddy’s home on Star Island as soon as possible”.
On the yacht, the lawsuit alleges, Brown offered Doe a cup containing a mixed drink. As he “offered her tips about starting a career in the music industry”, he allegedly refilled her cup, after which she became “disoriented, physically unstable, and started to fall in and out of sleep”, according to the suit.
It claims she was led to a bedroom where Brown closed the door and refused to let her leave. The complaint alleges that he undressed and raped her, and that after he ejaculated inside her, he announced “he was ‘done’”. It alleges that Brown demanded Doe take an emergency contraceptive the following day.
Brown responded on Instagram Stories: “I HOPE YALL SEE THIS PATTERN OF 🧢 [lying] whenever im releasing music or projects, ‘THEY’ try to pull some real bullshit.”
The Guardian has contacted representatives for Brown for comment.
Doe’s lawyer Ariel E Mitchell told Rolling Stone that they wanted to “ensure all parties are held accountable so that we may begin to eradicate this behaviour from our society”.
Brown has had several legal troubles since he was convicted of felony assault on his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
He has previously been denied entry to the UK, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on grounds of character.
Brown, a major R&B figure of the 2000s, is due to release his 10th album, Breezy, later this year. He has said he wants the music to “talk to women’s soul”.
