Chris Brown accused of rape in $20 million lawsuit

A girl has accused singer Chris Brown of drugging and raping her in December 2020.

Per paperwork filed on Jan. 27 in a Los Angeles County Court docket and seen by Individuals, the 32 12 months outdated is accused of inviting a lady — solely recognized as Jane Doe — onto a yacht docked at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ residence in Miami Seaside’s Star Seaside, beneath the belief that she and Brown would talk about her music aspirations.

The lady, who’s a musician in addition to a mannequin, dancer, and choreographer, alleges that she and Brown chatted about her music earlier than the “With You” singer gave her a blended drink that she believes was “drugged” as a result of her “sudden, unexplained change in consciousness.” Doe then alleges that Brown “threw” her on the mattress, the place he raped her.

Doe claims that the subsequent day, Brown texted her to say he didn’t keep in mind their encounter nicely, and instructed her to take emergency contraception, which she did.

Doe states that she met up with Brown twice extra after their preliminary encounter to debate music — as soon as in January 2021, the place a feminine producer was current, and once more in August 2021. Throughout their August encounter at Brown’s residence, the artist allegedly turned “irate” when she refused to go upstairs with him to his bed room.

Doe, who says she skilled a substantial amount of emotional misery after her preliminary assembly with the singer, together with panic assaults, is now suing Brown for $20 million {dollars} for prices that embody sexual assault, battery, and rape.

Brown has not commented on the scenario, nevertheless, in a since-expired Instagram Story posted on Jan. 28, he wrote, “At any time when I am releasing music or tasks, ‘THEY’ attempt to pull some actual bulls***.”

Doe’s legal professional George Vrabeck instructed Yahoo in an announcement, “Ariel Mitchell and I intend to carry ALL events accountable in order that we’d start to eradicate this conduct from our society. Our shopper deserves justice. The identical justice that each one victims of sexual abuse deserve.”

Brown has confronted authorized bother earlier than. In 2009, he pleaded responsible to 1 rely of felony assault after a violent altercation with Rihanna, who he was courting on the time. He has confronted various assault allegations since, together with a February 2021 incident wherein he was accused of putting a lady throughout an argument at his residence in Los Angeles.

Yahoo has reached out to representatives for Brown and Combs for remark.