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A former housekeeper of Chris Brown, who sued the star after she was mauled by a 200-pound dog on his property, has been awarded $14 million in damages.

Singer Chris Brown has been found liable for the guard dog that mauled his housekeeper at his home and left her disfigured in 2020. After a two-week trial, a Los Angeles jury ruled in favor of Maria Avila, a former housekeeper of Brown’s who was attacked by his 200-pound Caucasian Shepherd while taking out the trash at his home in Tarzana, California.

Brown claimed that the dog, named Hades, was kept and managed by his security personnel and was not his personal pet. However, testimony heard at trial indicated that Brown fled the scene following the attack, rather than calling emergency services or attending to Avila.

Brown said he left his employees to care for Avila, fearing that there would be a “media circus” if his voice was heard on the 911 call or if he was present when police arrived.

Avila first sued in 2021, and the two-week trial took place in June 2026, with the jury reaching its verdict on June 30. While Brown initially accepted some liability for negligence before the trial began, he claimed that he had explicitly told Avila that the dogs on the property were unfriendly and required a security escort to go outside.

Avila and her sister, who was also working on the property, denied that the conversation with Brown took place, and said the language barrier would have made such a discussion highly unlikely.

When she was attacked, Avila said she suffered permanent facial disfigurement, vision loss, nerve damage, and chronic left-side sensitivity. She received “dozens” of stitches for severe lacerations and underwent major, painful skin grafts from her stomach to repair damage to her arm.

She stated she has suffered PTSD and an intense fear of dogs. She has also not been able to return to work as a housekeeper due to a lack of arm strength and her inability to be around dogs, which many clients own.

Ultimately, the jury ordered Brown and his company, Black Pyramid, to pay nearly $14 million in damages to Avila and her family.

Meanwhile, Brown is currently on tour in the U.S. with fellow singer Usher. But he’s scheduled to face trial in the UK in October over an alleged attack on a music producer with a bottle in a nightclub in 2023. He appeared in court for the matter in January and was granted bail.