Chris Brown, who was arrested in Paris, France on suspicion of rape, is planning to sue his accuser for slander.
The 29-year-old singer/songwriter was arrested along with two members of his entourage on Monday, Jan. 19, after the woman filed a sexual assault complaint against the musician.
The woman, who is described as an escort, claims she was invited back to Brown’s room at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Paris, France, after meeting him at a nightclub on January 15.
Following his release from jail without charges on Tuesday evening, Brown, 29, took to his Instagram page to deny the accusation. He posted a graphic that read, “This B**ch Lyin'”.
Brown vigorously declared his innocence in the caption accompanying his Instagram post, insisting the crime he’s accused of goes against his “morals”.
“I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR…… THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP! NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!! FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY THIS IS SO DISPRESPECTFUL [sic] AND IS AGAINST MY CHARACTER AND MORALS!!!!!”
Now Brown’s French lawyer, Raphael Chiche, claims the embattled singer is planning to sue the woman for slander.
“Chris Brown is free,” Chiche told TMZ in a statement. “No lawsuits were filed against him. He vigorously challenges the charges against him. A complaint for slanderous denunciation will be filed tomorrow with the public prosecutor of Paris.”
In an interview with French website Closer, the 24-year-old woman said she was hanging out with the singer “and other people” in his hotel room when Brown, his bodyguard and another man sexually assaulted her.
She claims the attack lasted 25-30 minutes. “It’s still too difficult for me to explain in detail what he did, but it was brutal and violent. He was threatening and aggressive. I was very afraid,” she said in French (translated into English by The Blast).
According to reports, Brown told police officers he was in the living room section of his hotel suite at the time the woman claims he raped her. He said his girlfriend Ammika Harris (pictured below) was there with him at the time.
French prosecutors told the R&B star he is free to leave the country, although the rape case is pending.
“The investigations, which are not closed at this stage, will continue under the authority of the Paris prosecutor’s office,” read a statement issued to TMZ.
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