Chris Brown Suing Frank Ocean's Cousin
Chris Brown is reportedly countersuing fellow singer Frank Ocean's cousin after a scuffle ensued earlier this year where the former alleges that his life was threatened.
Ocean, 25, and Brown, 24, were the subject of media headlines after reportedly engaging in a physical altercation outside of a West Hollywood, Calif. recording studio on Jan 27. Witnesses said Brown started the dispute when he punched Ocean over a parking space, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
The scuffle resulted in Sha'keir M. Duarte, singer Frank Ocean's cousin, filing a lawsuit against singer Brown in a Los Angeles Superior Court last August. Brown's countersuit claims that Duarte started the fight when he assaulted the singer with punches, kicks, pushing and death threats, according to CBS.
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While Ocean said he would not press charges against Brown, Duarte said a bodyguard of Brown's whom he called "Hood" assaulted him. According to Duarte, Brown encouraged "Hood" to do so, according to TMZ.
"Get that (expletive)," Brown reportedly told "Hood" before mocking Duarte. "You just got your (expletive) beat and it's all on camera."
While Duarte said he was disabled following the attack that has caused him to sue for unspecified damages, Brown's representatives responded to TMZ's report.
"Chris Brown does not employ anyone named Hood," Brown's representatives told TMZ.
Now CBS reports that Brown is suing Duarte for unspecified damages.
Brown, admitted that he put the altercation that took place with Ocean behind him two months after the incident took place.
"With the Frank Ocean situation, I'll put it like this. It's in the past," Brown said in a previous interview on Big Boy's Neighborhood on Los Angeles' Power 106. "Some stuff went down but it's … always sensationalized and people blow it out of proportion."
Brown is currently spending time in a rehabilitation center to work on anger management issues following an altercation in Washington D.C. which resulted in him spending 36 hours in jail. He is currently serving probation after physically assaulting ex-girlfriend and singer Rihanna in 2009.
