Judge dismisses Chris Brown’s $500 million lawsuit against Warner
Chris Brown sued Warner Bros for $500 million last year. However, the judge dismissed his lawsuit in an order this week.
The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, with Breezy suing them for defamation over claims made in the Chris Brown: A History of Violence documentary.
According to The Shade Room, Judge Colin Leis ruled on January 12th that the documentary followed proper journalistic standards.
A History of Violence, released in October 2024, explored allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse against Brown.
The case was dismissed under California’s anti-SLAPP law, which protects free speech and stops people from silencing journalists. Brown needed to show that the lawsuit had some merit, but the judge ruled it did not, claiming the documentary presented both sides fairly.
In the lawsuit, Brown’s legal team claimed he “has never been found guilty of any sex related crime… but this documentary states in every available fashion that he is a serial rapist and sexual abuser.”
After filing the suit, Brown’s lawyer, Levi McCathern, said, “This case is about protecting the truth. Despite being provided with evidence disproving their claims, the producers of this documentary intentionally promoted false and defamatory information, knowingly disregarding their ethical obligations as journalists.”
He added, “Their action undermine not only Mr Brown’s decade-long effort to rebuild his life but also the credibility of true survivors of violence.”
Ample Entertainment, the production company behind the documentary, were also named in the lawsuit, as well as an anonymous woman. Brown claimed “their storytelling ‘Jane Doe’ had not only been discredited over and over but was in fact a perpetrator of intimate partners violence and aggressor herself.”