US singer Chris Brown accused of rape

It’s not the first time singer Chris Brown has faced a court of law. He was accused of rape in 2019. Now another woman takes the floor.

US singer Chris Brown has been sued over rape allegations. A woman filed a civil lawsuit Thursday seeking $20 million in damages from Brown. According to court documents, she alleges the R&B singer drugged and raped her on a Florida yacht in December 2020.

Brown invited the dancer, choreographer and musician, who is not named in the lawsuit, to board music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ yacht. There he served her a drink following which she felt “disoriented” and “physically unstable”. In this state, Brown led her into a bedroom and raped her.

“This is the limit”

The plaintiff’s “traumatic” experiences “should appall us all,” according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. “It’s time to send the message to defendant Chris Brown that enough is enough.” The plaintiff not only wants justice for herself, but also wants to be a role model for others “who are now or have been at the mercy of the defendant Chris Brown.”

Attorneys Ariel Mitchell and George Vrabeck told TMZ that their client had not reported the incident to the police because she was ashamed. Brown rejected the allegations via the social media platform Instagram. “I hope you all notice the pattern,” he wrote. “Whenever I release new music or projects, they pull shit like that.”

Not the first time

Brown has had trouble with the judiciary in recent years. In 2019, he was briefly arrested in Paris following a woman accused him of raping her in a luxury hotel. He denied the allegations and was not charged. In 2009, a US court sentenced Brown to five years probation and 180 days of community service for assaulting his then-girlfriend, R&B singer Rihanna.

At the time, his beating attack made headlines around the world: shortly before the Grammy Awards, the rapper had hit Rihanna so badly in an argument that she had to cancel her performance. Police photos of the injured Rihanna went around the world at the time.

(WHAT/AFP)