The former housekeeper of Chris Brown has accused the singer of not showing up for a deposition in the lawsuit she filed against him for $90 million, which is about an alleged brutal dog attack that occurred at his home in Los Angeles, a new report claimed.
The documents that were received by In Touch Weekly from the court indicate that Maria Avila, who filed a complaint against Chris, who was 35 years old at the time, requested a hearing in order to settle many ongoing disputes that are associated with the case.
It has been asserted by Maria that she intends to take Chris Brown and a representative for his company, Black Pyramid LLC, to the deposition. According to her, the defense attorney has decided not to request the presence of these witnesses for the deposition.
The requests made by Maria's attorney to confirm the depositions are being ignored by the defense counsel, according to the lawyer. For more than a year, she has been attempting to get a date for Chris' deposition, according to her statement. During the months of February and March, Maria's legal team made six attempts to contact Chris's attorney, but they were never able to receive a satisfactory response.
Within the context of her case, Maria asserted that on December 12, 2020, she was working alongside her sister, Patricia Avila, at Chris' residence. A huge Caucasian Orvchake/Caucasian Shepherd dog named Hades is claimed to have attacked her, according to her statement.
Maria reported that she was assaulted while on her way to take out the trash. According to her, the dog tore large portions of her skin off. In addition to requesting $90 million in damages, she provided evidence in the form of photographs depicting her terrible injuries.
A complaint was also brought by Patricia, in which she demanded compensation for the mental anguish she experienced as a result of witnessing the assault. Chris refuted all of claims of impropriety. He placed the responsibility for the dog attack on Maria.
“[Maria] invited the injuries now complained of and assumed the risk of them with full knowledge of the magnitude of that risk, in that she knew her foregoing conduct might cause the dog to attack her and seriously injure her, both of which events are alleged to have occurred,” Chris’ lawyer argued, as per The Blast.
“The injuries complained of by [Maria] were proximately caused by [Maria’s] misconduct in that she willfully and voluntarily teased, abused, or mistreated the dog and thereby provoked the attack,” the attorney went on.
The new motion that Maria submitted said that Chris' attorney asserted that he had already been deposed in Patricia's lawsuit in the year 2023. Maria, on the other hand, stated that her attorneys were not present during those depositions, and that she should be given the opportunity to question Chris on her own responsibility.
In addition to that, she asserted that Chris' attorney had failed to provide a number of other witnesses that she would like to ask questions of regarding the facts of the case. On the request, a judge has not yet made a decision.
In the complaint that Maria filed, she claimed that Chris had been irresponsible in his efforts to ensure that the dogs did not cause any harm to anyone, particularly considering that the canines had a history of biting people.
“[Maria] is informed and believes that this was not the first instance in which the defendant’s dog Hades viciously bit, attacked, mauled, and injured a human being, and that the defendants were aware of this dog’s prior dangerous attacks, biting, killer instinct and aggressive proclivities,” her lawyer wrote.
In addition, her attorney asserted that Chris and the defendants had "not properly registered this dog with the City of Los Angeles or any appropriate licensing agency or entity," and that the dog did not have a valid registration at the time of the incident. Both instances are still ongoing.
Business Times has reached out to Chris Brown for comments.
