Chris Brown is fighting back in court against basketball player Malcolm Ausbon, TMZ report.
Ausbon
is suing the singer for $250,000 compensation for 'physical and
emotional injuries' that took place during a fight in July last year at a
Los Angeles gym.
But
now, Brown has counter-sued Ausbon, claiming Ausbon knew he had nothing
to do with the fight, and threatened to tell authorities that Brown
started unless he gave him a sum of money.
Fighting back: Chris Brown - seen here earlier
this month in court - has counter-sued a basketball player for
extortion claiming he knew the singer 'had nothing to do with the fight'
TMZ has obtained Brown's counter-suit, which includes a written demand from Ausbon's lawyer.
The letter reads: 'Mr. Ausbon believes $250,000 will suffice compensating him for his physical and emotional injuries.'
'Mr.
Ausbon is placed in a position by the LAPD where he needs to decide
whether he will press charges for aggravated assault and battery."'
More time behind bars: Chris Brown has been sentenced to serve another 131 days in prison for violating his probation
'However, Mr. Ausbon prefers not to resort to filing these claims or the lawsuit. He would rather be compensated.'
Brown's lawyer Mark Geragos claims Ausbon's lawyers promised to keep things a secret if his client received compensation.
Meanwhile
Brown has admitted he violated his probation, and been sentenced to
serve an additional 131 days in jail but insists he did not confess to
assault.
The
R&B singer appeared in a Los Angeles court Friday where he conceded
that he broke the terms of his probation in Washington, D.C., last year
but his lawyer Mark Geragos says this does not mean Chris confessed to
charges he beat up alleged victim Parker Adams.
Confession:
While Chris Brown has admitted to breaking the terms of his probation,
put in place after he beat up Rihanna in 2009, he insists this does not
constitute a confession in his Washington DC case where he is accused of
assaulting a man who tried to get on his tour bus
Geragos
told TMZ that he, not Brown, told Superior Court Judge James R.
Brandlin that it was 'more likely than not' that the 25-year-old star
had committed the violation but said there is no way a D.C. judge could
use it to nail him for the assault charges.
The prosecutor must still show 'beyond a reasonable doubt' that Brown attacked the alleged victim.
Brown
has been under court supervision after pleading guilty in 2009 to
severely beating pop singer Rihanna, his then-girlfriend.
Judge Brandlin sentenced him to serve 365 days in custody, but gave him credit for 234 days he has spent in rehab and jail.
Violation:
Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin sentenced Brown (pictured last
week) to serve 365 days in custody, but gave him credit for 234 days he
has spent in rehab and jail
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