American singer, Chris Brown has been sued by a security guard who claimed he suffered neck and hip injuries while breaking up a fight that already triggered a $50 million lawsuit.
According to TMZ, Security guard Frederick R. Overpeck filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Brown, 35, and Yella Beezy seeking at least $15 million in damages.
Overpeck in court documents said he was working as a security guard at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 20 and was assigned to the backstage meet-and-greet area where the alleged brawl occurred.
Brown, Dallas-based rapper Yella Beezy and the corporation Live Nation were named in a $50 million lawsuit filed earlier this week by four plaintiffs over an alleged attack during the 11:11 tour in Fort Worth.
Overpeck’s lawsuit backed their version of events that Brown ordered the attack and described the scene as a ‘prison yard beatdown’, according to court documents.
The lawsuit claimed that when Overpeck, 58, tried to step in he was assaulted with punches and kicks from Brown’s associates.
Overpeck, a father with two jobs, said he didn’t know who Brown was and claimed he was left with cracked vertebrae in his neck and a severely injured hip, according to court documents.
The plaintiffs in the earlier case – Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and Da Marcus Powell – said the incident occurred July 20 after Brown’s concert at the Dickies Arena, according to TMZ.
The four plaintiffs said in legal docs that they had been invited and escorted into the backstage area with a group of 40 women to socialize following the show.
The plaintiffs said in court docs that the Forever artist took about a half-hour to arrive in the VIP area at the venue, at which point they were ready to leave.
Plaintiff Charles Bush said that he greeted the musical artist and told him he had performed well that night, according to the outlet.
Bush said an entourage member then suggested to Brown, ‘Man you don’t remember you two were beefing?’ at which point Brown said in response, ‘Oh yeah, we were. What’s up, n****? I don’t forget s***.’
Bush said in legal docs that Brown told members of his crew to physically assault him, the outlet reported, at which point a group of seven to 10 men surrounded him and hit and kicked him.
Bush told the court that one of Brown’s associates known as ‘Hood Boss’ launched a chair toward his head.
In the legal docs, the four plaintiffs said that Brown also dispatched Yella Beezy, 32, and his associates to assault Larry Parker, as a group of men chased him toward a staircase that ended at a locked door, the outlet reported.
The plaintiffs said Brown ordered the men to ‘f*** up’ Parker, who endured an assault for more than 10 minutes of punches and kicks to his head.
Brown egged on his associates to join in on the assault, the plaintiffs told the court.
The four plaintiffs said they all had to seek medical attention in the wake of the attack after suffering ‘severe injuries’ as a result, according to the outlet.
