Chris Brown files $500M defamation suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over A History of Violence docuseries
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Chris Brown has filed a $500 million lawsuit against the companies and people behind a docuseries he claims defamed him. The Grammy-winner, 35, named Warner Bros. Discovery, Ample, and producers involved with putting together and airing the docuseries Chris Brown: A History of Violence on Investigation Discovery last fall.
![[The Grammy-winner named Warner Bros. Discovery, Ample, and producers involved with putting together and airing the docuseries Chris Brown: A History of Violence on Investigation Discovery last fall]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94375427-14311407-The_Grammy_winner_named_Warner_Bros_Discovery_Ample_and_producer-a-25_1737521399407.jpg)
The Forever singer said in legal documents reviewed by TMZ that producers and companies named in the suit knowingly aired accusations against him they had 'proof' was incorrect. The With You singer said that the docuseries painted him to look like 'a serial rapist and a sexual abuser' and noted he's never been convicted 'of any sex related crime.'.
![[An anonymous accuser of Brown's was seen in the doc, which aired last autumn]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94375643-14311407-An_anonymous_accuser_of_Brown_s_was_seen_in_the_doc_which_aired_-a-28_1737521399830.jpg)
Brown said that the woman accusing him in the docuseries, who remained anonymous, had to withdrawer a lawsuit she'd filed against him due to numerous factual inconsistencies. Brown said that the docuseries washed away progress he's made rebuilding his image with the public in the near 16 years since he assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna, 36, the outlet reported.
![[Brown, pictured in concert in Houston last summer, has suffered hits to his reputation and finances as result of the docuseries, his legal team said]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94374987-14311407-Brown_pictured_in_concert_in_Houston_last_summer_has_suffered_hi-a-26_1737521399683.jpg)
Chris Brown, 35, has filed a $500 million lawsuit against the companies behind a docuseries he claims defamed him. Pictured in 2024. The Grammy-winner named Warner Bros. Discovery, Ample, and producers involved with putting together and airing the docuseries Chris Brown: A History of Violence on Investigation Discovery last fall.
![[Brown was pictured in LA Superior Court in 2013 for a hearing linked to his assault of Rihanna four years prior]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94376615-14311407-Brown_was_pictured_in_LA_Superior_Court_in_2013_for_a_hearing_li-a-29_1737521399973.jpg)
