Who is Levi McCathern? Chris Brown's lawyer rips into Warner Brothers amid $500 million lawsuit filing

American singer and rapper Chris Brown recently sued Warner Bros for over $500 million over allegations of s*xual assault mentioned in the Investigation Docuseries, Chris Brown: A History of Violence.

Disclaimer: This article has mentions of s*xual violence. Reader discretion is advised.

Released in October 2024, the docuseries consisted of testimony from an anonymous dancer who alleged the singer r*ped her on a yacht in 2020.

According to a report by Variety dated January 21, 2025, Brown has sued Ample and Warner Bros for intentional infliction of emotional distress and libel for defamatory claims made against him via the docuseries. The rapper has also claimed that the evidence used to support the firm's claims is false.

As per Eurweb's report dated January 22, 2025, Chris Brown's lawyer for this case, Levi McCathern, commented on the lawsuit saying that it is "about protecting the truth".

According to the attorney's official website, Levi G. McCathern II is a founding partner at the McCathern law firm and is one of the "premier litigation lawyers in Texas".

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More details about Chris Brown's attorney Levi McCathern

Brown's attorney Levi McCathern specializes in damage litigation and deals with cases to defend complicated, high-damage claims including various types of commercial litigation. The singer's attorney is the primary trial counsel for the Jerry Jones Family and their entities, and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Ltd.

Additionally, McCathern is a panel counsel in areas of Employment Law, Advertising Injury, Business & Commerical Litigation, Directors & Officers Liability, and others, for some of the world's largest companies.

Holding a double certification in Civil Trial Law and Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Levi McCathern was named in the list of Super Lawyers' group of elite practitioners in Texas 16 times in the year 2003-2004 and every year from 2008 to 2023.

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"This case is about the media putting their own profits over the truth"- Chris Brown's legal team mentions in lawsuit

Chris Brown's $500 million lawsuit against Warner Bros alleges that the claims of the anonymous dancer referred to as "Jane Doe" used as evidence against the singer in the docuseries had been discredited repeatedly. The lawsuit alleges that Jane Doe was “a perpetrator of intimate partner violence and aggressor herself.”

The singer's lawsuit against the Warner Bros and Ample Entertainment mentions:

“To put it simply, this case is about the media putting their own profits over the truth.”

It further reads that Ample LLC and Warner Brothers were put on notice since the beginning of October 2024 that they were publishing and promoting false information against the singer for "likes, clicks, downloads, and dollars and to the detriment of Chris Brown."

Moreover, the lawsuit mentions that the firms aired Chris Brown: A History of Violence on October 27, 2024, knowing that the docuseries was full of deception and lies and that it violated basic principles of journalism.

According to Eurweb's report, Brown's lawyer Levi McCathern mentioned:

“Despite being provided with evidence disproving their claims, the producers of this documentary intentionally promoted false and defamatory information, knowingly disregarding their ethical obligations as journalists. Their actions undermine not only Mr. Brown’s decade-long efforts to rebuild his life but also the credibility of true survivors of violence.”

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In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on January 21, 2025, Brown's lawyers denied the singer being "at fault for any type of s*xual crime".

Additionally, Brown's lawsuit acknowledges that he has made mistakes in the past which were publicly addressed and acknowledged by him in his 2017 documentary, Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life, and he has grown from his previous experiences.