American singer Chris Brown is suing Warner Bros. for $500 million over allegations of defamation in the Investigation Discovery docuseries ‘Chris Brown: A History of Violence’.
In the lawsuit, the 35-year-old artist accuses Warner Bros. and the production company Ample of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming the series includes defamatory and false allegations of sexual assault against him.
“This case is about the media prioritizing profits over the truth,” the lawsuit states. “Since early October 2024, Ample LLC and Warner Bros. were made aware that they were promoting and publishing false information to drive likes, clicks, downloads, and revenue—at Chris Brown’s expense. Nevertheless, on October 27, 2024, they aired Chris Brown: A History of Violence (‘the Documentary’), fully aware it was riddled with lies and violated basic journalistic standards.”
Warner Bros. has not yet responded to the lawsuit filed by the Loyal singer.
The lawsuit further alleges that claims made by “Jane Doe,” cited in the docuseries as evidence against Brown, had been repeatedly discredited and that she herself was “a perpetrator of intimate partner violence and the aggressor in her interactions with him.”
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While the suit acknowledges that Brown has made past mistakes—addressed in his 2017 documentary, Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life—it emphasizes his personal growth since those events, arguing that his evolution “speaks for itself.”
