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| Chris Brown performs at Jamaica National Stadium on Aug. 27, 2023. Brown is disputing harassment allegations made by Diamond Brown, the mother of his daughter Lovely, in an ongoing custody and child-support case. (Pelpa Time Production via Wikimedia Commons) |
Chris Brown and the mother of his 4-year-old daughter are offering sharply different accounts of why the singer has gone months without seeing the child as their custody dispute expands to include allegations of threats, harassment and a request for at least $30,000 a month in child support.
Diamond Brown alleges in an Oct. 1 court declaration that Chris Brown threatened men she dated after their relationship ended and has harassed her both privately and on social media.
The singer denies the allegations.
He responded Monday on Instagram, accusing Diamond Brown of preventing him from seeing their daughter, Lovely Symphani Brown, while presenting what he called a “false narrative” to the court.
“I JUST WANNA SEE LOVELY!” Brown wrote in one of several posts responding to the allegations.
The dispute exposes directly conflicting accounts of the singer’s absence from his daughter’s life in recent months.
Diamond Brown alleges Chris Brown has not asked to see Lovely in six or seven months and has been uninterested in her attempts to arrange time between them, according to the declaration obtained by USA Today.
Chris Brown says the opposite.
“I HAVEN’T SEEN MY DAUGHTER IN 7 months,” he wrote Monday, accusing Diamond of not allowing him to spend time with Lovely.
Neither version has been established by the court.
Diamond Brown filed the Los Angeles case April 3, seeking legal and physical custody of Lovely while proposing visitation for Chris Brown. Her filing said the singer had previously acknowledged paternity through a voluntary declaration.
Chris Brown responded by asking for joint legal and physical custody.
Lovely was born Jan. 7, 2022.
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The case has since widened beyond custody.
In her new declaration, Diamond Brown alleges the singer became angry when she began dating other men after their relationship ended about two years ago.
She alleges he made death threats against her most recent boyfriend and threatened the man’s twin brother. She also alleges third parties made threats and that similar conduct by Brown contributed to the end of an earlier relationship.
No court has ruled that those allegations occurred.
Diamond Brown also describes Brown’s behavior toward her as frightening and alleges he recently became angry with her in front of Lovely at a birthday party.
She says her attorney has asked Brown’s attorney since March to have him stop the alleged conduct.
According to TMZ, an email attributed to Brown’s attorney denied the allegations and asked Diamond Brown’s legal team for specific incidents that could be addressed.
Diamond Brown says in the declaration that she has tried to avoid seeking a domestic violence restraining order.
She is not requesting one in the current filing.
“I feel that I have been living under siege,” she wrote, according to USA Today.
Money has become another major point of contention.
Diamond Brown says Chris Brown agreed to pay $7,000 a month but alleges he sometimes deducts money from that amount. She is now asking the court for at least $30,000 a month in child support, along with full payment of certain additional expenses for Lovely, including medical costs, insurance, school tuition and extracurricular activities.
She is also seeking $350,000 in attorney and accounting fees.
Diamond Brown reports earning about $1,500 a month as a social media influencer and esthetician and contends that Chris Brown has not turned over financial records she says are necessary to determine support.
She estimates his net worth at more than $50 million but acknowledges in the filing that his actual income remains unknown, according to USA Today.
A separate income-and-expense declaration reported by TMZ lists Diamond Brown’s current monthly expenses at about $8,400 and proposed expenses exceeding $45,000.
That figure is not her requested monthly child-support payment.
Chris Brown disputes her characterization of what he provides.
He said Monday that he pays for two vehicles, her housing and Lovely’s schooling and medical expenses in addition to $10,000 a month.
“There is no 50/50 co parenting,” Brown wrote. “I LITERALLY PAY FOR EVERYTHING.”
The singer said those payments are documented and accused Diamond Brown of trying to provoke him into giving her material to use in court.
Diamond Brown, meanwhile, argues that the support being provided is insufficient for their daughter and alleges Brown has delayed efforts to obtain financial information in the case.
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