Chris Brown And Drake Slapped With $16 Million Lawsuit Over Nightclub Brawl

Aug. 15 2012, Published 4:58 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
R&B rivals Chris Brown and Drake were hit with more fallout Wednesday from their infamous bottle-throwing brawl in a Manhattan nightclub when they were both named in a $16 million lawsuit.
In papers filed at Manhattan Supreme Court, Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. claims the two stars started the fracas at the joint clubs Greenhouse and WiP on June 14, and then ordered their crews to follow suit, reported the New York Post.
Each man "shared a grudge against the other arising out of their romantic relationships with the same woman," Brown's former girlfriend Rihanna, and when they "crossed paths," they "began to fight violently with each other," the suit states.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the fight broke out in the early hours of the morning and left the nightclub virtually destroyed and seven people injured, including NBA star Tony Parker.
After the fight, Brown tweeted a photo of himself with a bloody gash on his chin saying, "How u party wit rich n**** that hate? Lol... Throwing bottles like girls? #shameonya!."
The lawsuit states that while the club made sure nobody in their camps was armed, "each arrived with his own small army of bodyguards… consisting of at least 15 heavily built men trained and/or experienced in hand-to-hand and weapons combat."