Chris Brown takes a loss after his half of a billion dollar lawsuit gets tossed out by California judge.
On Jan. 12, the superstar’s lawsuit against Warner Bros was tossed out by Judge Colin Leis. The R&B singer filed the suit against Warner Bros and the production house Ample in January 2025 for the docu-series, Chris Brown: A History of Violence. The doc, airing in 2024 on Investigation Discovery, depicted Brown’s alleged history of domestic violence and sexual assault.
One particular case in the doc documented a woman who claims that Brown raped her on Sean “Diddy” Comb’s yacht in 2020. Despite the claims, Billboard reports that the “Loyal” crooner responded saying that those claims were false. He also added that the woman had a violent past of her own.
Brown’s lawyer, Levi McCathern, called “shame” on Warner Bros for spreading those alleged lies.
“That’s not right and that’s not good and I’ll just say it right here shame on you, Warner Bros.,” his lawyer, Levi McCathern, said at the time. “Shame on you big companies for doing this to people‘s lives because at the end of the day people are more important than companies.”
Judge Leis’ order
According to Leis’ order, Brown was fairly portrayed in the doc.
“The documentary recites most of the inconsistencies plaintiff notes, including the existence of the text messages,” writes Leis. “Media defendants thus presented a ‘fair and true’ report of [the woman’s] statements and the judicial record and proceedings.”
Leis also added that Brown’s defamation case lacked evidence. He mentioned that culture writer, Scaachi Koul’s, reporting of Brown’s “predisposition for punching women in the face,” in reference to his 2009 assault against his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, did not validate his case.
In 2009, the Grammy-winner was also order to serve five years of probation and one year of domestic violence counseling. He was also ordered to service six months of community service for felony assault.
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