False accusations
In the early hours of August 30, 2016, a woman called the police and accused Brown of threatening her with a gun inside his house.
[444] Police were called, but Brown denied them entry without a warrant.
[445] When they returned with one, Brown refused them entry and began what news sources referred to as a "standoff" with the
LAPD, including the robbery-homicide division and
SWAT team. During this time, Brown was seen posting videos on
Instagram, in which he rails against the police and the media coverage of the activity at his house. He denounced media reports that he was "barricaded" inside his house, complained about the helicopters flying overhead, and called the police "idiots" and "the worst gang in the world." He said that he was innocent and "What I do care about is you are defacing [
sic] my name and my character and integrity".
[445] Brown was arrested and later released from jail on $250,000 bail.
[446] On September 1, 2016, Brown's lawyer,
Mark Geragos, stated that there was no standoff and that, with regard to the LAPD search, "nothing was found to corroborate her statement."
[447] Charges were later dropped after prosecutors declined to arraign Brown on the felony charges.
[448] Brown later sued the accuser for defamation, prevailing in the lawsuit, after it was ruled that the defendant brought to court false and defamatory statements about Brown, through her incriminating text messages where she said that "Brown kicked [her] out of his house because [she] called his friend jewelry fake" and she was "going to set him up and call the cops and say that he tried to shoot [her]".
[449] Brown later told
Good Morning America: "My character’s been defaced. I’m glad that all my real supporters know me and know the truth and they’ll see the truth."
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In January 2022, a woman filed a civil suit accusing Brown of raping her on a yacht in Miami in December 2020. The woman attempted to sue Brown for $20 million.
[451][452][453] Brown denied the allegations and later submitted text messages and voicemails to the Miami police department which indicated a consensual relationship with the accuser.
[454] In the text messages the woman is seen courting Brown in lewd language and bare-naked selfies almost immediately after the alleged rape took place.
[454] According to TMZ, Brown counter-sued the accuser for defamation and the accuser's lawyer withdrew from the case after she was made aware of the messages and voicemails Brown submitted to Miami police.
[455] The lawsuit against Brown was dropped in August 2022.
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