The R&B star is seeking a new trial, arguing that jurors shouldn't have heard about his criminal record.
By
Rachel Scharf
Chris Brown wants a new trial in his former housekeeper’s dog attack lawsuit, arguing that the jury’s “excessive” $13 million verdict was influenced by improper evidence about his infamous 2008 assault of Rihanna.
Brown’s lawyers filed a motion on Monday (Aug. 10) asking to wipe the trial verdict won in June by Maria Avila, who was mauled by a 200-pound dog while cleaning Brown’s Los Angeles-area home six years earlier. Brown accepted some liability for the incident but said Avila was partially at fault, testifying during the trial that he specifically warned her not to go outside unaccompanied because of the unfriendly dog.
