Chris Brown ordered to pay housekeeper $13m after dog attack

Maria Aliva was left with scarring, vision loss and nerve damage following the attack in December 2020.

R&B star Chris Brown ordered to pay $13m to housekeeper mauled by his dog

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. Maria Avila was working at Brown’s house in Tarzana, California, in 2020 when she was attacked by Hades, a Caucasian shepherd used as a guard dog. At the trial in Van Nuys, California, Avila said she was left with serious injuries to her arm and face, requiring dozens of sut...

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Jury Says Chris Brown Owes Housekeeper $13 Million for Disfigurement in Dog Mauling Attack

Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury 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, a […]

By Chris Willman

Chris Brown Must Pay Housekeeper $13 Million Over Dog-Mauling Attack

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

By Nancy Dillon

Chris Brown Hit With $13 Million Verdict in Housekeeper Dog Attack Trial

Maria Avila was mauled by a 200-pound dog while working at the star's California home in 2020.

By Rachel Scharf

Chris Brown Ordered to Pay $13M Over Dog Attack

Chris Brown is on the hook for a massive judgement to his ex-housekeeper after a jury found him liable for her injuries from a dog attack on his property, TMZ has learned. A jury came down with the decision on Tuesday after a lengthy trial between…

By TMZ Staff