The housekeeper who was attacked by a security dog at Chris Brown’s Los Angeles mansion broke into tears on the witness stand as she recounted the vicious mauling.
She asserts that the incident, nearly five years in the past, left her with serious injuries to her arm and face, significant and painful scarring, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I will never be the same again,” Maria Avila told jurors in a California courtroom.
She testified that surgeons removed so much skin from her abdomen to graft onto her arm that she could not bend at the waist throughout an extended period of recovery.
The facial wounds required dozens of sutures, and she spent five days in the hospital alone because pandemic restrictions barred visitors, she recalled.
Avila testified that the attack robbed her of physical confidence, her livelihood, and her sense of safety. She said she now fears all dogs, and that nerve damage and persistent sensitivity on her left side make it difficult to sleep and perform everyday tasks.
Brown recounted the dog mauling from his own vantage point during his testimony last week, acknowledging that there had been “a lot of blood.” He said he left the scene after his security guard summoned paramedics, explaining that he wanted to avoid a media “circus.”
The “Under The Influence” singer admitted he never touched Avila, did not offer her water, nor provided any comfort while she lay injured. “I’m in shock,” he explained.
Brown and his lawyers have conceded that she deserves damages for the incident. They say the dispute now comes down to a “difference of opinion” over how much she is owed.
The judge previously granted Brown’s request to bar questions about his 2009 felony assault of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
