Frank Ocean's Cousin Wants $3 Million From Chris Brown After Fight
Sha'keir M. Duarte, singer Frank Ocean's cousin, is seeking $3 million from Chris Brown after a scuffle that took place earlier this year.
Ocean, 26, 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.
Now, TMZ is reporting that Duarte is seeking to obtain, $1,000,000 for pain, suffering and inconvenience, $1,000,000 for emotional distress, $1,000,000 for punitive damages and another $60,000 for medical expenses from Brown. Earlier this year, Brown filed a countersuit which 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, according to TMZ. "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."
