{"id":797559,"date":"2026-08-01T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797559\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:53:10","slug":"chris-brown-wants-verdict-tossed-new-trial-for-dog-bite-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797559\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown Wants Verdict Tossed, New Trial for Dog Bite Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Brown’s Dog Bite Lawsuit
\n I’d Like a New Trial, Judge …
\n And the ‘Excessive’ Verdict Tossed!<\/p>\n

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\n August 1, 2026
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Chris Brown<\/a> is not happy about being ordered to pay a woman nearly $13 million over his dog attacking her … and officially plans on asking for the verdict to be tossed and a new trial set.<\/p>\n

That’s right — the singer filed a notice in Los Angeles Friday, which was obtained by TMZ, to declare he and his company, Black Pyramid LLC, officially plan to ask for a new trial after the judgment entered on July 16.<\/p>\n

We told you all about the case — a Los Angeles jury decided earlier this month CB was liable for his 200-pound Caucasian shepherd named Hades viciously mauling<\/a> his housekeeper\u00a0Maria Avila<\/a> while she was emptying trash in his Tarzana, California home on December 12, 2020. They ordered him to pay<\/a> $12.9 million in damages.<\/p>\n

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Maria said she suffered damages to her arm and face, which allegedly required dozens of sutures and skin grafts to fix … and she said she has nerve damage, making it difficult to work.<\/p>\n

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But, in the new filing by Chris’ legal team, they argue a bunch of reasons there should be a new trial — irregularity in the proceedings which prevented him from having a fair trial, jury misconduct, insufficient new findings that prove his innocence, an excessive amount of damages for the plaintiff, and more.<\/p>\n

A hearing on his notice of intention to move for a new trial is set for September 22, where the judge will hear his arguments and decide how to move forward.<\/p>\n

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Chris is currently on his “The R&B” tour with Usher<\/a>, and the hearing falls between their shows in Las Vegas and Los Angeles … we’ll stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Brown’s Dog Bite Lawsuit I’d Like a New Trial, Judge … And the ‘Excessive’ Verdict Tossed! Published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-797559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}