Chrisean Rock is hitting back at a lawsuit filed by Tamar Braxton’s backup singer earlier this year that accused the reality star of assault.
According to documents obtained by In Touch Weekly on Monday (October 7), Chrisean has denied all allegations from James Wright Chanel, which included that he suffered “numerous physical injuries” and “extreme mental anguish and severe emotional distress, as well physical pain and suffering.”
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According to her, any suffering James had was due to his “own conduct, actions and/or omissions,” and he therefore can’t collect for anything.
As previously reported, James claimed that Chrisean Rock attacked him backstage following Tamar’s show in Los Angeles in November 2023.
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In January, James filed a criminal case against Rock, then followed up a month later with a lawsuit where he said he was sent to the hospital with two broken teeth and cuts on his face.
“She hit him multiple times in the face for no reason at all. We were surprised that she was able to leave the facility that night,” Wright Chanel’s attorney said. “She had on rings that were pretty much equivalent to brass knuckles.”
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The fight reportedly stemmed from the reality television star being upset that she wasn’t allowed to rap at the performance. The suit claims that in addition to the assault, Rock used a homophobic slur directed at Wright Chanel.
Soon after the allegations first surfaced in November, Chrisean Rock declared her innocence, noting that there’s no footage of the attack.
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“Why try to lie and say nobody told you she was about to perform?” her friend, who was present at the show, said during an Instagram Live. “Why did she have the mic, why did they have me give the DJ her music? Like, make it make sense. Why even tell her to pull up and get on stage and all that?”
Tamar later spoke on the incident and said that Wright Chanel was in fact assaulted.
Speaking in an Instagram video, Tamar said: “I wasn’t going to say anything out of respect for James and his trauma at what happened to him. When I say what happened, he got assaulted at my show and it was by Chrisean but there was a lot of events that I believe were misconstrued.”
She added: “The reason why I decided to say something — number one, I care about my team, they are all my friends and we put this all together for the fans. I’m not a clout chaser, I don’t need that. My circle is this small.”
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Braxton also confirmed that Rock was invited to perform at the show.
