Chris Brown sued for alleged assault on concertgoers
No stranger to litigation, Chris Brown is facing another set of potential charges after being sued by a group of concertgoers who alleged the musician and his associates attacked them without cause.
A lawsuit has been filed with the district court in Texas’ Harris County, claiming that Brown and cohorts Sinko Seej, Omololu Akinlolu, and Markies Conway – the latter pair also known as Hood Boss and Yella Breezy – assaulted the defendants “without justifiable provocation.”
The plaintiffs said the assault in question took place when they were invited into the backstage VIP area of his concert at nearby Fort Worth with 40 other women, where Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush, and DaMarcus Powell alleged they were “brutally and severely beat.”
The charges cover assault and battery, as well as gross negligence and the intentional infliction of emotional distress, which stems from Bush initiating a handshake with Brown. Seej reportedly reminded the singer there were issues between the two that remained unresolved, leading to a verbal confrontation that soon escalated into physical violence.
At this point, the plaintiffs claimed they tried to leave the vicinity without further incident, at which point Brown and a number of his entourage followed them out of the VIP section, pushed Bush in the chest, and threw a chair at his head, with Brown named as the ringleader who instructed his crew to assault Parker, leading to him being “kicked in the head for over ten minutes and stomped on.”
The lawsuit suggests the four plaintiffs required medical treatment in the aftermath, with promoters Live Nation being named as co-defendants for “shamelessly” profiting from the tour and being implicit in a failure to “ensure that the participates of the concert who may be around Brown and his associates were safe.”
In addition to seeking a temporary restraining order against Brown and the three others named in the lawsuit, the quartet of Parker, Lewis, Bush, and Powell are seeking $50 million in damages. Brown’s camp has yet to comment on the matter in an official capacity, but this is far from the first time he’s been sued for assault.
Brown has been involved in a number of altercations over the last decade, as well as copyright infringement claims, debts, and theft of monetary proceeds. The tour continues, however, with the singer continuing his ongoing string of concerts across the United States that continue on through to August.
