Chris Brown's former housekeeper, Maria Avila, is seeking to have profits from his ongoing R&B stadium tour with Usher frozen and directed towards an unpaid $12.9 million (£10.2 million) court judgment against him. Avila's lawyer says Brown and his company have ignored repeated attempts to arrange payment since the verdict was handed down in late June, prompting her to ask a Los Angeles court to intervene while the singer's tour is actively generating revenue.

A jury found Brown liable after Avila was mauled in 2020 by a 200-pound guard dog, named Hades, at his California home, suffering facial disfigurement, scarring, vision loss and nerve damage; her sister and husband were separately awarded further damages. Avila's motion asks the court to freeze Brown's touring accounts and, if that proves insufficient, to also draw on his music royalties, licensing, merchandising and sponsorship income; representatives for Brown and tour promoter Live Nation have not commented.