Chris Brown and several members of his entourage, along with Brown's 11:11 tour promoter Live Nation, are facing a lawsuit over an alleged assault that took place after Brown's concert in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday night.
It was filed Monday (July 22) in Harris County Circuit Court by attorneys Tony Buzzbee and Caroline Adamsthe lawsuit alleges that Brown and several accomplices “brutally and savagely beat” four men — Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and DaMarcus Powell — backstage at Dickies Arena in an unprovoked attack after the show.
“The violence involved Brown and his entourage surrounding Plaintiffs, throwing chairs at them, and repeatedly kicking, stomping on, and beating them,” the complaint states. “The unprovoked violence included multiple blows to the Plaintiffs' head and chest and ultimately involved stomping on them while they were down. The brutal, violent attack involving and directed by Brown seriously injured all of the plaintiffs.”
According to the complaint, the attack occurred after the four men were invited to the backstage VIP area after the show, where they allegedly waited 30 minutes for Brown to arrive. “Tired of waiting,” the complaint states, the men began heading for the exit, at which point Bush says he approached Brown to shake his hand and congratulate him on the concert. After they exchanged pleasantries, a member of Brown's crew reportedly yelled at Brown, “Dude, don't you remember where you two were?” The lawsuit alleges that Brown then responded, “Oh yeah, we were… I don't forget the sh–” before ordering his entourage to “f–” Bush.
At that point, the plaintiffs allege, Brown, along with “seven to ten members” of his crew, followed them down a hallway as they tried to leave and assaulted them. “One of Brown's entourage, known by the nickname Cinco, ran to the left side of the crowd and punched Bush in the chest,” the complaint states. “At the same time, another of Brown's entourage, stage name Hood Boss, picked up a chair and threw it at Bush's head.”
The complaint says Parker was also badly beaten after Brown allegedly instructed another member of his entourage, Markies Deandre Conway (aka Yella Beezy), and several others to “f—” him up. After escaping down a flight of stairs, the lawsuit alleges, Parker was trapped by a locked door at the bottom of the stairs, where he was then attacked by Brown and several other men.
“At Brown's direction, Parker was punched in the face and chest, kicked in the head for over ten minutes, and stomped on by defendant Brown and his associates,” the complaint states. “Brown encouraged his comrades to join the attack at the same time. Brown and his entourage then continued to punch Plaintiff Parker for nearly minutes, repeatedly stomping on Defendant Parker's head, kicking his face and ribs, and causing serious bodily injury.”
Brown and his crew are also accused of punching Powell in the shoulder and Lewis in the shoulder and chest.
The complaint alleges that all four men required medical treatment and that Parker was hospitalized and “will require extensive medical treatment for the damages he sustained in the attack, including head injuries.”
In addition to Brown, the suit names three members of his entourage — Conway, Hood Boss (aka Omololu Omari Akinlolu) and Sinko Ceej — as defendants. As for Live Nation, the complaint alleges that the concert promoter continued to work with Brown despite his history of “bad behavior and violent behavior.” According to the lawsuit, the company “shamelessly monetizes and promotes Brown's The 11:11 Tour and brought Brown to Texas for financial gain. Live Nation failed to ensure that the [participants] of the concert that may be around Brown and his associates, they were safe.”
The plaintiffs seek damages and punitive damages “excessively [of] $50 million,” along with actual damages for “pecuniary loss, pain and suffering, disfigurement, mental anguish, and past, present and future medical expenses,” among other relief.
In their filing, the plaintiffs' attorneys note several of the defendants' criminal histories, arguing that Ceej was a member of the “blood gang” and spent “at least eight years in prison” and that Conway, a “former Crip gang member,” he has been arrested multiple times for gun possession and sexual assault.
The lawsuit additionally chronicles Brown's well-publicized brushes with the law, including the singer's guilty plea to beating his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, for which he was sentenced to five years of probation and community service and required to undergo domestic violence counseling. Brown has been arrested and/or sued multiple times for various alleged physical and sexual assaults, including by multiple women and his former manager, Michael Guirguis. In 2014, Brown pleaded guilty to simple assault for punching a man in the face the previous year.
Representatives for Brown, Live Nation and Conway did not immediately respond Advertising signrequests for comment. Akinlolu and Ceej's representatives could not be reached for comment.
