A decide dismissed Chris Brown’s $500 million lawsuit over Investigation Discovery’s documentary, ruling it met journalistic requirements.

A decide has dismissed Chris Brown‘s $500 million defamation lawsuit in opposition to Warner Bros Discovery and Investigation Discovery over their 2024 documentary Chris Brown: A History of Violence.

Judge Colin Leis dominated that the community offered either side of the story in a balanced method when masking home and sexual abuse allegations in opposition to the R&B singer. The court docket order rejected Brown’s claims that the documentary was “full of lies and deception.”

The lawsuit centered on the documentary’s deal with a lady who alleged Chris Brown raped her on a yacht owned by Diddy in 2020. Brown insisted these claims had been false and pointed to inconsistencies within the girl’s account, her violent previous, and hid textual content messages after she reported the incident to Miami police.

But Judge Leis stated Investigation Discovery met journalistic requirements in its reporting.

“The court has personally viewed the entire documentary,” the decide wrote. “The documentary recites most of the inconsistencies plaintiff notes, including the existence of the text messages.”

The decide added that media defendants “presented a ‘fair and true’ report of statements and the judicial record and proceedings.”

Chris Brown additionally claimed the community defamed him by together with an interview the place tradition author Scaachi Koul stated the singer had a “predisposition for punching women in the face.”

Judge Leis dismissed this grievance, noting that Chris Brown “has admitted to punching the singer Rihanna.”

Brown filed the lawsuit almost exactly one year ago, seeking $500 million in damages from Warner Bros Discovery and Ample Entertainment, the production company behind the show.

The dismissal comes as Brown faces separate authorized troubles within the United Kingdom.

He pleaded not responsible in June 2025 to costs stemming from an alleged assault at Tape London nightclub in February 2023. Prosecutors accuse Brown of attacking music producer Amadou “Abe” Diaw with a tequila bottle.

Chris Brown was arrested in London in May 2025 and initially denied bail earlier than posting $6.7 million to safe his launch. The arrest threatened his Breezy Bowl XX tour, however he was allowed to proceed performing after posting bail.

Brown’s buddy and collaborator Omololu Akinlolu, who performs as HoodyBaby, was additionally charged in reference to the 2023 incident and pleaded not responsible throughout the identical listening to.

The singer’s trial within the UK assault case is scheduled to start on October 26, 2026, with Brown dealing with costs of making an attempt to unlawfully trigger grievous bodily hurt with intent.

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