Following Chris Brown’s $500 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery over a docuseries that he claims defamed him while knowingly distorting facts, the multimedia company says it stands behind his work and will fight the matter in court.
“We support the production and will vigorously defend against this lawsuit,” an Investigation Discovery spokesperson told DailyMail.com in a statement on Wednesday after Brown sued the company over the documentary series Chris Brown: A History of Violence, which initially aired last fall. .
The Grammy winner, 35, named in the legal filing Warner Bros. Discovery, Ample and the producers involved in making and airing the docuseries, which he said painted him to look like “a serial rapist.” and a sexual abuser.”
Brown said the docuseries wiped out the progress he had made in rebuilding his image in the public eye in the nearly 16 years since he assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna, 36. TMZ informed after reviewing legal documents.
Warner Bros. Discovery spoke out after Brown’s attorney, Levi McCathern, told him TMZ in an interview Wednesday that says Warner Bros. Discovery and its associates threw Brown “under the bus” for a small profit.
The Forever singer said in his lawsuit that the woman accusing him in the docuseries, who remained anonymous, had to withdraw a lawsuit she had filed against him due to numerous factual inconsistencies; and that the producers and companies named in the lawsuit knowingly aired accusations against him that they had “evidence” was incorrect.
Chris Brown, 35, has filed a $500 million lawsuit against the companies behind a docu-series he claims defamed him. Photographed in 2024 in Atlanta

Brown’s attorney, Levi McCathern, said Wednesday that Warner Bros. Discovery and its associates threw Brown “under the bus” for a small profit.
“Where the responsibility really has to fall is on people like Warner Bros.,” McCathern said, “when you have giant companies with all these smart people that are there making these decisions.”
“And the decision is: We will take the story of this girl who has been completely discredited and we will protect her identity and we will treat her as a victim and we will publish this to the public.”
The Dallas-based attorney said Warner Bros. – in a missive to make “a little more money” – has chosen to crush celebrities, throw them under the bus and ruin their lives.
“That’s not right and that’s not good, and I’ll say it right here. Shame on you, Warner Bros.,” McCathern said. “Shame on big companies for doing this to people’s lives because at the end of the day, people are more important than companies.”
McCathern said it is “ridiculous” that Warner Bros. was simultaneously profiting from Brown while damaging his reputation, and that he held all collaborators responsible in an effort to protect the musical artist.
“The producer, the director, the people involved, the distribution company, the people showing it, they all need to be held accountable so they stop doing this to Chris,” McCathern said.
McCathern said Brown “strongly” wants to send a “message” to those who continually repeat the infamous incident in which he assaulted Rihanna, his then-girlfriend, in a vehicle in Los Angeles after a pre-Grammy party on February 8, 2009.
“After 15 years of just standing by and trying to accept it and apologize,” McCathern said of Brown, “he’s tired of people continuing to come after him and exploit him, exploit his name, exploit his talent, exploit his brand for these cornes.” documentaries. And it’s over; he’s going to do something about it.’

“We support the production and will vigorously defend against this lawsuit,”

The Grammy winner called out Warner Bros. Discovery, Ample and the producers involved in making and airing the docuseries Chris Brown: A History of Violence on Investigation Discovery last fall.
The lawyer added: “Chris apologized, sought treatment and fully paid for the terrible things that happened to Rihanna – he’s a new guy.” “It’s a new era and he’s trying to move forward to basically be the Chris Brown that the world deserves: the talented next Michael Jackson.”
Brown said the producers chose to repeat his “past mistakes,” which he said he took responsibility for, and combine them with bad information to capitalize on his fame.
Brown said it can show the damage to his career and finances as a result of the docu-series airing.
The Tappahannock, Virginia, native said he will donate a portion of his earnings to organizations that support victims of sexual abuse, the outlet reported.
Brown released a statement to his 144 million Instagram followers from the law firm he is using for the lawsuit, McCatherm, Shokouhi, Evans with the legend “Read…”.
The statement said that “the defendants released the documentary…despite being notified of the false and misleading narrative accusing Mr. Brown of heinous acts, including sexual assault and accusations of tampering with evidence that had been debunked.” in court and dismissed as unfounded.
Brown’s legal team said media companies prioritized “profit over journalistic integrity” in publishing the docuseries.
Brown’s lawyers said the producers “sensationalized debunked claims to boost viewership and revenue” for the docu-series.

An anonymous accuser of Brown was seen in the documentary, which aired last fall.

Brown was photographed in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2013 for a hearing related to his assault on Rihanna four years earlier.
The woman accusing Brown, identified as Jane Doe in the docuseries, has had legal problems in the past unrelated to Brown, Brown’s attorneys said in the statement.
They added that “numerous text and voice messages” supported that any interaction between her and Brown “was consensual.”
McCathem previously said in a statement Tuesday that “the case is about protecting the truth” and that “the producers of this documentary intentionally promoted false and defamatory information.”
McCathem said that in addition to harming Brown, the companies and producers involved undermined “the credibility of the real survivors of violence.”
Brown’s legal team said the 2017 documentary Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life “remains the definitive account of his experiences and growth.”