Damn Son: Chris Brown and Drake Hit With $16 Million Lawsuit For Club Brawl

By: Taren Vaughan

The Chris Brown Drake Bar Fight was one of the most talked about events this summer. The bar brawl resulted in several people at the club getting injured, including four female victims who were ready to sue over the fight and NBA star Tony Parker who had to miss out on playing summer ball for some days due to an eye injury that he received from the brawl. Numerous celebrities have offered their opinion on the fight, one of them being Rihanna who appeared to have thrown shade at Drake through Instagram leading people to think she was siding with Chris Brown. Terrence J. weighed in on a more serious note, saying that he hoped Chris and Drake wouldn’t end up dead.

Chris Brown took a shot at Drake on the “I Don’t Like” remix and Drake allegedly took one back at him on an Aaliyah song, something that heavily upset her fans. The two never got physical with each other though at one point, Drake and Chris Brown were offered millions of dollars to get in a boxing ring and go at it. Now however, it looks like both of the artists are about to be coming out of their pockets instead of putting money back in them.

Papers were filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court by Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., saying that the two stars were responsible for the melee at the club and told their entourages to join in.

The New York Post reports on the filed papers by Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.:

Each man “shared a grudge against the other arising out of their romantic relationships with the same woman,” Brown’s former flame Rihanna, and when they “crossed paths,” they “began to fight violently with each other,” says the filing by the company, which owns the trademark to Greenhouse name, but not the club itself.

The suit says that while the club made sure nobody in their camps were armed, “each arrived with his own small army of bodyguards, ‘security’ personnel, employees, friends and other members of their entourage, consisting of at least 15 heavily built men trained and/or experienced in hand-to-hand and weapons combat.”

After the pair started fighting, “each ordered his security personnel, bodyguards, friends and entourage to join the fight, which erupted into a violent brawl on a massive scale,” the suit says.

Their crews “fashioned deadly weapons out of whatever materials they could find, including glasses, alcohol bottles and furniture, thereby circumventing the nightclubs’ extensive efforts to ensure a safe environment.”

“On defendant Brown and and defendant Drake’s instructions, their two posses had at each other, throwing highball glasses laden with alcohol, shattering the handles of bottles of spirits to use as makeshift knives, and even throwing full bottles at each other. Within seconds, defendants filled an already packed nightclub full of flying glass shrapnel,” the suit says.

“Defendants overran the nightclub’s extensive security measures and the brawl overtook the entire space.”

“Terrorized patrons ran for cover,” the suit says, “using banquettes and tables as improvised shields. Most were unable to protect themselves,” and “several patrons were severely injured, including at least one celebrity,” basketball player Tony Parker.

The pair “should have foreseen that their notoriety and celebrity would ensure that their acts had farreaching and devastating effects,” the suit says.

“Defendants’ conduct was beyond the bounds of reason,” the suit says, and they “intentionally engaged in violent and incredibly dangerous acts that they knew or should known would cause harm.”

It seeks $16 million in damages for their “gross negligence,” “ultrahazardous activity” and “intentional illegal acts.”

Chris Brown and Drake’s reps have not commented on the suit thus far.