Chris Brown rape probe dropped as ‘victim didn’t try to escape or call for help’ 

R&B star Chris Brown has today filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman who accused him of raping her in his Paris hotel room.   

Brown’s lawyer, Raphael Chiche, filed the complaint on Thursday, which is titled ‘False accusation, committed on January 18, 2019’ – referring to the day the 24-year-old woman went to the police. 

According to the document obtained by TMZ, Chiche is seeking a criminal prosecution over an alleged invasion of his client’s privacy. A violation of that the privacy law carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison.  

A source close to Brown reportedly told TMZ that the rapper admits he may have had ‘issues in the past,’ but says he is now ‘an easy target for anyone to cry wolf.’     

Singer Chris Brown (pictured with girlfriend Ammika Harris) appears in good spirits while leaving hotel in Paris after being released Tuesday from police custody after a woman filed a rape complaint against him

US rapper Chris Brown remained in Paris after his release from custody to film a music video on the river bank (pictured) 

US rapper Chris Brown remained in Paris after his release from custody to film a music video on the river bank (pictured) 

Earlier today it emerged that the rape charges against Brown were dropped because French investigators reportedly found it ‘impossible to believe’ that the alleged victim did not attempt to escape or alert anyone.  

The US rapper looked entirely carefree following his release on Tuesday, and has remained in Paris – staying in the same hotel where the alleged incident took place – to film a music video today.

Although the investigation is ongoing, a source told TMZ that the ‘weakest part of the case is the alleged victim’s statement to police’. 

The woman said her horrifying ordeal occurred in the early hours of January 16 at the Mandarin Oriental in the French capital, where suites can cost more than $24,000 (£18,400) per night.

The 25-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, says she was attacked multiple times by Brown, his bodyguard and a family friend. The three men were subsequently arrested on Monday. 

American Singer Chris Brown and his entourage filming a video clip by night at Seine quay in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Brown on the film set for his new music video on January 23

The US rapper looked carefree as he filmed a music video in central Paris. He is reportedly still staying in the same hotel where the alleged incident took place

She said the trio raped and abused her in three different rooms of Brown’s hotel suite, while around 20 people were in the living room area.

But according to TMZ, police disputed the allegations because the woman did not mention either trying to leave the suite or alerting anyone else to the attack. 

The authorities then made the decision to release the trio from custody without any charge or conditions, the prosecutor’s office said.

A source close to Brown even claimed to TMZ that police offered an apology to the musician when they let him go. 

On Wednesday, Brown, 29, was spotted filming a music video on the bank of the river Seine, and later out in the city with his girlfriend Ammika Harris.

He appeared to be in good spirits and was reportedly proclaiming his love for everyone he saw. 

Brown mingled with the public yesterday after his release and was reportedly proclaiming his love for everyone he saw

Brown mingled with the public yesterday after his release and was reportedly proclaiming his love for everyone he saw

In a post on Instagram on Tuesday Brown denied the accusation saying it is 'false', 'disrespectful' and 'against my character and morals'

In a post on Instagram on Tuesday Brown denied the accusation saying it is ‘false’, ‘disrespectful’ and ‘against my character and morals’

Brown had previously used Instagram to deny raping the model at the drug-fueled party that she said turned ‘violent and brutal’. 

‘For my daughter and my family this is so disrespectful and is against my character and morals,’ Brown wrote in an all-caps caption to an Instagram post on Tuesday.

‘This is false,’ he wrote. The image on the post simply read: ‘This b***h lyin’.  

In an interview with French Closer magazine, the woman said she met Brown ‘through a friend’ who works at the Crystal Lounge nightclub on the Champs Elysee.

‘This friend asked me what I was doing the next day, and if I would like to meet Chris Brown,’ said the woman, who met the rapper on January 15.

‘I said yes and the next day, on Tuesday, I had an appointment at 11.30pm at the Mandarin Oriental hotel to meet the rapper. At the reception of the hotel, I found myself with friends of his and other girls. We went up to his suite to pick him up and we all went to a nightclub called “The Quay”.

Chris Brown's bodyguard was also placed in custody for an alleged attempted rape, but released with the rapper 

Chris Brown’s bodyguard was also placed in custody for an alleged attempted rape, but released with the rapper 

Singer Chris Brown is pictured in Paris on January 16, the morning after he allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman at a hotel. He is seen meeting people unconnected to the alleged attack

Singer Chris Brown is pictured in Paris on January 16, the morning after he allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman at a hotel. He is seen meeting people unconnected to the alleged attack

‘Everything was going well. Around 4am, they decided to go back to the hotel. I wanted to go home, but someone in Chris Brown’s entourage took me by the arm and said: “Come on, we’ll have a good evening.”

‘Leaving the nightclub, there were two Mercedes vans that were full up. So I said, “There’s no place, I’m going home.” Then I was told, “No, come on!”. And I was put in Chris Brown’s car with another girl.’

The group then returned to Brown’s rooms at the Mandarin Oriental.

The woman told Closer: ‘Before entering the suite, the bodyguard took all our cell phones. It didn’t seem surprising given the artist’s notoriety and I didn’t worry. Once in the suite, we were offered drinks. There was cocaine and cannabis.

‘There were about fifteen girls, friends of Chris Brown. The music was loud, people were coming in and out … It was a bit chaotic.’

Asked if prostitutes were present, the woman said: ‘I don’t know. There were only very pretty girls.’

Brown with his girlfriend Ammika Harris at Paris nightclub Cirque Bonheur on Saturday night

Brown with his girlfriend Ammika Harris at Paris nightclub Cirque Bonheur on Saturday night

Brown is accused of attacking a woman at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in centre of the French capital 

Brown is accused of attacking a woman at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in centre of the French capital 

A map showing the locations of Le Crystal nightclub near the Champs-Elysees and the Mandarin Oriental hotel where the alleged attack took place

A map showing the locations of Le Crystal nightclub near the Champs-Elysees and the Mandarin Oriental hotel where the alleged attack took place

She continued: ‘At one point, I went to the bathroom. Chris Brown followed me and took me by the right arm. He made me enter a sort of dressing room. He closed the door.’

Explaining what followed, the woman told the magazine: ‘It lasted 25 to 30 minutes. It’s still too difficult for me to explain in detail what he did, but it was brutal and violent.

Timeline of Chris Brown’s legal troubles 

2009: Brown pleads guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna on the eve of the Grammys. 

He is sentenced to five years’ probation, a domestic violence programme and 180 days of community labour. 

2012: The musician is involved in a nightclub brawl with Drake in New York. The case is later settled. 

2013: He is handed another 1,000 hours of community labour after a traffic accident in Los Angeles. 

Later that year he is arrested for punching a man who tried to take a picture with him outside a Washington luxury hotel. 

He is also accused of throwing a brick at his mother’s car.  

2014: Brown is arrested and jailed after he is thrown out of rehab. He also admits violating his probation over the assault in Washington.  

2016: Model Liziane Gutierrez claims Brown hit her and took her mobile phone in a Las Vegas hotel room. No charges are brought. 

Later the same year he is arrested after a stand-off outside his Los Angeles home, following claims he pointed a gun at a woman. 

2017: The rapper is ordered to stay away from ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran after he allegedly punched her and threatened to kill her. 

2018: Brown is arrested on a battery charge immediately after a performance in Florida. 

He is also charged after sharing a picture of a three-year-old daughter with a monkey. Wildlife agents seized the animal and said he had no permit. 

2019: He is arrested in Paris and accused of raping a woman.  

‘He was threatening and aggressive. I was very afraid. Once it was over, he opened the door. I told him that I wanted to pick up my cell phone and go home.

‘Chris Brown went to see one of his friends. I thought this person was going to accompany me to the bodyguard for my cell phone, but that’s not what he did.

‘He took me to his room, he locked the door and he abused me too. It was the same with the bodyguard. All I wanted to do was go home. I was too scared. There were three muscular men, aggressive and menacing. I couldn’t do anything. I’m traumatized, I can’t overcome what happened to me and resume my habits. It’s horrible, I’m lost.’

Asked by Closer how she managed to escape, the woman said: ‘I said that I had to go to bed, that I had classes the next day. I cried. When he saw me like that, he returned my cell phone and I left.’

The woman reported the rape to police on Friday January 18. Confirming she had been hesitant, the woman explained: ‘Yes. I was scared. They have my address, my cell number, my picture…

‘But I didn’t want them to be able to do the same thing to other girls. Chris Brown is the kind of person who thinks himself powerful and thinks himself above the law, but no. I’ll go to the end. Abused three times in the same evening by three different men – it’s unbearable to live with.’

The woman said she did not know if other women claim to have been raped that night.

‘I don’t know,’ she said. ‘Sometimes girls do not dare to speak. They are scared and I understand them, but I want them to stop doing this to girls who have not asked for anything.

‘I just thought I was having a good night with a star. I didn’t imagine that I was going to find myself locked up with aggressive and menacing men who forced me to do things I did not want to do.’

The three men, including Brown, were finally arrested at the hotel on Monday, and face charges of ‘aggravated rape’ and ‘violation of drugs legislation’, including using a ‘banned drug’. 

Referring to Brown, a prosecuting source in Paris said at the time: ‘He is accused of a rape and is being held at the judicial police offices in the 1starrondissement.

‘He was arrested with two others on Monday, and interviews and other enquiries are ongoing. All three men can be held for a period of up to 48 hours.’ 

A source close to the case claimed that ‘a number of the suspects were carrying cocaine, which police found at the hotel after responding to a complaint.’   

R&B singer Chris Brown (pictured in Paris during the city's fashion week) was arrested in the French capital on suspicion of rape but released without charge 

R&B singer Chris Brown (pictured in Paris during the city’s fashion week) was arrested in the French capital on suspicion of rape but released without charge 

The outside of the Crystal Lounge in Paris, where Chris Brown is said to have met his alleged victim

The outside of the Crystal Lounge in Paris, where Chris Brown is said to have met his alleged victim

A view inside Le Crystal nightclub where Chris Brown is alleged to have met a woman before taking her back to his hotel and attacking her 

A view inside Le Crystal nightclub where Chris Brown is alleged to have met a woman before taking her back to his hotel and attacking her 

The singer’s bodyguard is one of the two other men detained, according to police officials.  

Brown’s publicists at Sony Music would not immediately comment.

In 2009, Brown was charged with domestic violence in the United States against superstar singer Rihanna, his then girlfriend. He admitted the offences, and was sentenced to community service. 

He completed his probation in that case in 2015 but has been beset by a series of further legal issues including further accusations of assault.   

Brown was discovered by a record label when he was a boy working at his father’s gas station in Virginia.

First identified as a rapper, Brown has since found success with his rich singing voice. 

He is best-known for hits in the 2000s such as ‘Run It’ and ‘Kiss Kiss.’ He retains a loyal fandom, including nearly 50 million followers on Instagram. 

The lawyer for the woman who filed a the complaint against Brown says she was raped four times during a drug-fueled party.

Police questioned Brown and the others before releasing them from custody without charges Tuesday. The Paris prosecutor’s office says the investigation hasn’t been closed.

Lawyer Franck Serfati told The Associated Press on Thursday the woman alleges she was forced to take cocaine and raped by the three men at a Paris hotel.

Brown’s legal representative in France, Raphael Chiche, didn’t immediately respond to several calls and messages seeking comment.

Chiche tweeted Wednesday he was preparing a defamation complaint that ”#ChrisBrown will file against his accuser.” 

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