Then there’s the explosive text message exchange between Brown and his former publicist Nicole Perna, which took place before the Guirguis blow-up.
Guirguis lawyer Patty Glaser told The Post of that accusation: “We amended the complaint to include a claim for defamation.” It’s almost like a blackout situation.”īrown’s most recent troubles started when the singer’s manager of four years, Michael “Mike G” Guirguis, filed a June 23 lawsuit claiming he was forced to go to the emergency room after Brown punched him in the face and neck repeatedly, “without any provocation.” The incident, which allegedly took place in May, happened after Brown invited Guirguis into a room to discuss business matters.Ĭhris Brown being sentenced in a Los Angeles court in 2009 after being charged with assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna. “He falls back into these moments where he doesn’t seem to care about the repercussions. “I don’t think he’s aware of the downfalls that can come from the things that he does,” an anonymous source, who has worked closely with Brown, told The Post. Now, insiders fear that Brown is unravelling his shot at redemption. Tender, fun-loving photos of the singer doting on toddler daughter Royalty seemed to further soften his public image. Brown’s 2015 album, “Royalty,” went gold, and his single “Back to Sleep” hit Billboard’s Top 20. Is it any wonder that Gwyneth Paltrow, reacting last week to a 2013 Star magazine story that named her the “Most Hated Celebrity,” quipped, “More than, like, Chris Brown?”īut lately, music lovers seemed ready to - if not forgive, or even forget - grant him a second chance.
He was arrested for felony assault for his October 2013 involvement in a fight outside a Washington, DC, hotel, connected to a hit-and-run, had physical altercations with alternative R&B vocalist Frank Ocean and hip-hop chart-topper Drake, and was kicked out of rehab, resulting in jail time from March to June 2014. It all seemed downhill from there for Brown. Chris Brown performing with former girlfriend Rihanna at Madison Square Garden in 2008.