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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for $500m over sexual assault allegations in documentary

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Chris Brown in Los Angeles last year. Photograph: Kayla DeLaura/Getty Images

The R&B star Chris Brown is suing the media conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery for $500m (£406m) for making defamatory claims against him in the 2024 documentary Chris Brown: A History of Violence, Rolling Stone reports.

Released in October, the documentary addressed the allegations of misconduct and sexual assault against Brown. It features a Jane Doe who sued him for allegedly drugging and assaulting her at a party in 2020 on Sean “Diddy” Combs’s yacht (the case was dismissed without prejudice). In 2009, Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna before the Grammy awards.

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