Chris Brown is earning stadium-sized attention on tour with Usher, but a multimillion-dollar judgment may follow him on the road. The singer’s latest legal battle centers on whether money from his shows could help satisfy an unpaid court award.
Chris Brown’s ex-housekeeper is seeking access to his finances to enforce the court award
Maria Avila, Brown’s former housekeeper, has asked a court for access to his financial records after a jury awarded her nearly $13 million in June. TMZ reported that Avila claims Brown has “made no effort to satisfy any portion of the judgment.”
According to court documents obtained by the outlet, Avila wants Brown to appear for an examination of his finances. She is also asking the court to direct payments from the Chris Brown tour, other entertainment projects, and residuals toward the amount she says remains unpaid.
Brown is co-headlining The R&B Tour with Usher. The 33-date stadium run began June 26 in Denver and is scheduled to continue through Dec. 11 in Tampa. Avila argued that Brown is earning substantial money from the Usher tour, although the filing did not disclose his exact compensation.
The request does not mean Avila has already seized Brown’s tour income. The court must first decide whether to grant the enforcement measures she is seeking. However, the former housekeeper case stems from a 2020 attack at Brown’s Tarzana, California, home. Avila said Hades, a 200-pound Caucasian shepherd kept for security, mauled her while she was taking out the trash. She previously testified that she thought she would die during the attack.
After a two-week trial, jurors found Brown and his company, Black Pyramid LLC, negligent and awarded Avila $12.9 million. Her sister received $885,000 for emotional distress, while Avila’s husband received $50,000 for the attack’s effect on their marriage. Those awards are separate from the amount Avila is now trying to collect.
The latest filing extends a dog-attack lawsuit that has lasted more than five years. It also puts Chris Brown’s tour earnings at the center of the dispute as Avila looks for assets that could enforce the judgment.
For now, Brown remains onstage, and the tour continues as scheduled. Whether any revenue will go toward the award depends on the court.
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