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Chris Brown ordered to pay nearly $13M after dog permanently disfigured housekeeper

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A jury ordered Chris Brown and his company to pay nearly $13 million after finding them negligent in a 2020 dog attack that permanently disfigured the singer's former housekeeper.

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  1. Variety

    Jury Says Chris Brown Owes Housekeeper $13 Million for Disfigurement in Dog Mauling Attack (opens Variety)

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    Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020. At the end of a two-week trial, the verdict went strongly in favor of Maria Avila, who was viciously attacked by Hades, […]

  2. Rolling Stone

    Chris Brown Must Pay Housekeeper $13 Million Over Dog-Mauling Attack (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The woman was attacked by a security dog at the singer's Los Angeles mansion in 2020

  3. The Guardian

    R&B star Chris Brown ordered to pay $13m to housekeeper mauled by his dog (opens The Guardian)

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    California jury sides with Maria Avila over 2020 attack that left her requiring skin grafts R&B star Chris Brown has been ordered to pay $12.9m in damages to a housekeeper who was mauled by a dog at one of his properties.

  4. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Chris Brown ordered to pay nearly $13M after dog permanently disfigured housekeeper (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    A jury ordered Chris Brown and his company to pay nearly $13 million after finding them negligent in a 2020 dog attack that permanently disfigured the singer's former housekeeper.

  5. The Brunswick News

    Chris Brown must pay $13 million to housekeeper attacked by his Caucasian shepherd, jury finds (opens The Brunswick News)

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    LOS ANGELES — A civil jury says R&B star Chris Brown must face the music for the vicious dog attack that in 2020 left one of the two housekeepers working at his Tarzana home hospitalized with injuries to her face,…

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