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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 sutures and skin grafts from her abdomen to her arm. She said was also left with post-traumatic stress disorder, and nerve damage which made it difficult to work. Continue reading...
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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 sutures and skin grafts from her abdomen to her arm. She said was also left with post-traumatic stress disorder, and nerve damage which made it difficult to work. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian, R&B star Chris Brown ordered to pay $13m to housekeeper mauled by his dog reports that 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 sutures and skin grafts from her abdomen to her arm. She said was also left with post-traumatic stress disorder, and nerve damage which made it difficult to work. Continue reading…
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