Chris Brown has been sued by a security guard who claimed he suffered neck and hip injuries while trying to break up a fight that had already sparked a $50 million lawsuit.
Security guard Frederick R. Overpeck filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Brown, 35, and Yella Beezy seeking at least $15 million in damages, according to an article in TMZ.
Overpeck said in court documents that he was working as a security guard at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 20 and was assigned to the backstage gathering area where the alleged fight occurred.
Rapper Yella Beezy, of Brown, Dallas, and the Live Nation corporation were named in a $50 million lawsuit filed earlier this week by four plaintiffs over an alleged attack during the 11:11 tour in Fort Worth.
Overpeck’s lawsuit backed up his version of events that Brown ordered the attack and described the scene as a “prison yard beating,” according to court documents.
Chris Brown, who appeared performing earlier this month in Houston, has been sued by a security guard who claimed he suffered neck and hip injuries while trying to break up a fight.
The lawsuit said that when Overpeck, 58, tried to intervene, he was punched and kicked by Brown’s associates.
Overpeck, a father who worked two jobs, said he did not know who Brown was and claimed he was left with fractured vertebrae in his neck and a severely injured hip, according to court documents.
The plaintiffs in the earlier case — Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and Da Marcus Powell — said the incident occurred on July 20 after Brown’s concert at Dickies Arena, according to TMZ.
The four plaintiffs said in legal documents that they had been invited and escorted to the backstage area with a group of 40 women to socialize after the show.
The plaintiffs said in court documents that it took the Forever artist about a half-hour to reach the VIP area of the venue, at which point they were ready to leave.
The plaintiff, Charles Bush, said he greeted the musical artist and told him he had performed well that night, according to the outlet.
Although Brown was initially amiable, a member of his entourage began to stir up trouble by suggesting that Brown and Bush had past personal problems with each other.
Bush said the entourage member told Brown, “Man, don’t you remember you two were arguing?” To which Brown replied, “Oh yeah, we were. What’s up, black? I don’t forget nothing.”
Security guard Frederick R. Overpeck filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Brown, who appeared performing in Detroit in June, and Yella Beezy, seeking at least $15 million in damages, TMZ reported.
Rapper Yella Beezy, pictured in 2020 in Miami, was also named in the lawsuit filed by security guard Overpeck after previously being sued with Brown by four plaintiffs over the fight.
Bush said in legal documents that Brown told his crew members to physically assault him, the outlet reported, at which point a group of seven to 10 men surrounded him and punched and kicked him.
Bush told the court that one of Brown’s associates, known as “Hood Boss,” threw a chair at his head.
In legal documents, the four plaintiffs said Brown also sent Yella Beezy, 32, and her associates to assault Larry Parker while a group of men chased him toward a staircase that ended at a locked door, the outlet reported.
The plaintiffs said Brown ordered the men to “f*** up” Parker, who endured an assault for more than 10 minutes with punches and kicks to the head.
Brown urged his associates to join the assault, the plaintiffs told the court.
The four plaintiffs said they all had to seek medical attention in the wake of the attack after suffering “serious injuries” as a result, according to the outlet.