Chris Brown's Ex-Housekeeper Sues For $13M Judgment

Chris Brown’s $13 million lawsuit battle just got even messier. That happened because his former housekeeper, Maria Avila, brought up his Rihanna assault case while fighting his request for a new trial.

Here’s what’s going on.

A jury awarded Maria $13 million in damages over a 2020 incident involving one of Chris Brown’s dogs. The incident allegedly left her with serious injuries.

Chris now wants another trial. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, he argues that the judge unfairly allowed jurors to hear about his 2009 felony assault case involving Rihanna.

Chris says that information had nothing to do with the dog attack lawsuit and influenced the jury against him.

But Maria basically said, Hold up… the court already handled that.

Her legal team argues that the judge knew exactly how sensitive Chris’ history with Rihanna would be. According to the filing, the judge dismissed potential jurors who admitted they couldn’t put their feelings about that case aside. Therefore, those jurors could not judge the dog-attack lawsuit fairly.

And then Maria’s sister Patricia’s attorney came through with probably the coldest line in this whole situation.

The attorney essentially argued that if Chris didn’t want people discussing his felony conviction, he shouldn’t have committed the felony.

SHEESH.

Meanwhile, this isn’t just about whether Chris gets another day in court. Maria already won that $13 million judgment, and a judge previously gave her the ability to collect money from Chris’ tour profits. She can also collect from other music-related income while she pursues payment.

So imagine going onstage, selling out arenas, doing meet-and-greets and watching part of that money potentially go toward somebody else’s $13 million judgment.

Now Chris wants the court to give him another shot. But the judge still hasn’t ruled on his request for a new trial.

And THAT leaves a crazy question:

Should something from somebody’s criminal past come into a completely different civil case, or once you have that history, is it fair game when a jury considers your credibility?