Chris Brown sued for alleged attack after concert

Chris Brown and several members of his entourage as well as Live Nation, the promoter of Brown’s 11:11 tour, are facing a lawsuit over an alleged attack that allegedly took place on Friday evening following Brown’s concert in Fort Worth, Texas.

Filed Monday (July 22) in Harris County District Court by attorneys Tony Buzbee And Caroline AdamsThe lawsuit alleges that Brown and several accomplices “brutally and severely beat” four men – Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and Damarcus Powell – in an unprovoked attack backstage at Dickies Arena after the show.

“The acts of violence included Brown and his entourage surrounding the plaintiffs, throwing chairs at them, and repeatedly kicking, stomping, and punching them,” the lawsuit states. “The unprovoked acts of violence included multiple blows to the plaintiffs’ head and chest and, finally, stomping on them while they were on the ground. All of the plaintiffs were seriously injured in the brutal, violent attack in which Brown participated and directed.”

According to the lawsuit, the attack occurred after the four men were invited to the VIP area backstage after the show, where they allegedly waited 30 minutes for Brown to arrive. “Tired of waiting,” the lawsuit states, the men made their way toward the exit, where Bush says he approached Brown to shake his hand and congratulate him on the concert. After exchanging pleasantries, a member of Brown’s crew allegedly shouted at Brown, “Man, don’t you remember you two having a fight?” The lawsuit alleges that Brown then responded, “Oh yeah, we did… I don’t forget, sh*t,” before instructing his entourage to “f*** off” Bush.

At that point, the plaintiffs claim, Brown, along with “seven to 10 members” of his crew, followed them into a hallway as they attempted to leave the building and attacked them. “One of Brown’s entourage, known by the alias Sinko, ran to the left side of the crowd and punched Bush in the chest,” the lawsuit states. “Simultaneously, another of Brown’s entourage, the stage alias Hood Boss, picked up a chair and threw it at Bush in the head.”

The complaint states that Parker was also severely beaten after Brown allegedly ordered another member of his entourage, Markies Deandre Conway (aka Yella Beezy), and several others to “f*ck him up.” After fleeing into a stairwell, Parker was trapped by a locked door at the bottom of the stairs, where he was subsequently attacked by Brown and several other men, according to the complaint.

“At Brown’s direction, Parker was then punched in the face and chest, kicked in the head, and stomped on by Defendant Brown and his associates for over ten minutes,” the lawsuit states. “Brown called on his associates to join in the attack simultaneously. Brown and his entourage then continued to beat Plaintiff Parker with clenched fists for nearly several minutes, repeatedly stomped on Defendant Parker’s head, kicked him in the face and ribs, and caused serious bodily injury.”

Brown and his crew are also accused of hitting Powell on the shoulder and Lewis on the shoulder and chest.

The lawsuit alleges that all four men required medical treatment and that Parker was hospitalized and “will have to undergo extensive medical treatment for the injuries 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 suit claims the concert promoter continued to work with him despite Brown’s history of “bad behavior and violent conduct.” According to the suit, “the company shamelessly profits from and promotes Brown’s The 11:11 Tour and brought Brown to Texas for financial gain. Live Nation failed to ensure that (attendees) at the concert who may have been in proximity to Brown and his associates were safe.”

The plaintiffs are seeking, among other things, compensatory and punitive damages “in excess of $50 million” as well as actual damages for “financial loss, pain and suffering, disfigurement, mental anguish, and past, present and future medical expenses.”

To support their argument, the plaintiffs’ attorneys point to the criminal pasts of several defendants. They claim 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,” was arrested multiple times for weapons possession and sexual assault.

The lawsuit also details Brown’s widely publicized run-ins 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 forced to attend domestic violence counseling. Brown has been arrested and/or sued multiple times for various instances of alleged physical and sexual violence, including by multiple women and his former manager. Michael GuirguisIn 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 to Billboardfor comment. Representatives of Akinlolu and Ceej could not be reached for comment.