- Maria Avila, the housekeeper mauled by a dog at Chris Brown's Los Angeles home in December 2020, accepted a reduced $9.5 million award on Thursday, 1 October 2026.
- Judge Huey Cotton called the jury's $12.9 million award "excessive" in a conditional order on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, offering her the lower sum or a retrial on damages.
- Brown admitted negligence before the June 2026 trial but disputed her injuries; as of 7:35am WAT on Friday, 2 October, he had not commented on the reduced award.
Chris Brown dog attack: housekeeper accepts $9.5m to avoid retrial
The singer's former housekeeper gave up $3.4 million of her jury award rather than face a second trial over the 2020 mauling at his Tarzana home. Her own lawyer had urged the judge to cut it only to $11 million.
Updated 11:30 WAT, 15 October 2026: Avila has asked a Los Angeles judge to issue an arrest warrant for Brown, alleging he has failed to provide dates to appear with his bank records so his finances can be examined, according to court documents reported by TMZ on 12 October. Chris Brown's former housekeeper Maria Avila has agreed to take $9.5…