Chris Brown trying to block Rihanna assault and dog bite photos from being brought up in housekeeper lawsuit

Chris Brown is attempting to block his ex-housekeeper Maria Avila from presenting certain evidence when they square off in court, court filings show.

Their legal battle stretches back to 2021, when Brown was sued by Maria and her sister Patricia, who worked together as his cleaning ladies.

It was claimed in the original lawsuit that Brown's dog Hades set upon Maria in 2020, biting her face and leg and tearing three to four inches of skin from her arm.

A half-decade later, the case is finally set to go to trial June 15, but the two sides are now wrangling over what is admissible, per court documents seen by the Daily Mail.

Brown, 36, has filed to prevent any mention in court of his infamous 2009 assault on his then-girlfriend Rihanna, while Maria wants the subject to be discussable at trial.

He is also trying to have Maria barred from showing pictures showing the injuries she purportedly sustained in the alleged dog attack, the legal documents show.

The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Brown for comment. 

Maria has argued in court documents that the judge should not bar discussion of domestic violence accusations or incidents in Brown's history.

She made specific note of the fact Brown had pled guilty in 2009 to one count of felony assault on Rihanna, who was treated at the hospital after the incident.

Brown's counsel on the other hand has pushed back against Maria's contention and maintained that the Rihanna incident should be kept out of the upcoming trial on the grounds that it could prejudice the jury and was 'irrelevant' to the dog attack case.

Meanwhile Maria's side insisted the Rihanna case should be admissible because Brown's being a convicted felon could serve as a factor in determining his 'credibility.'

She has also submitted court documents to combat his bid to stop her showing grisly photos obtained by TMZ of the wounds she claimed Hades visited on her.

Maria's legal filing insisted that her damages would be difficult to establish without her being able to present the images, which according to her indicate the extent of her 'pain, suffering and emotional distress.'

Her attorney has provided a statement to the Daily Mail decrying the 'brutal and life-altering attack on' Maria and denouncing Brown for 'denying ownership, denying knowledge, and offering no credible explanation for how a dangerous dog came to be housed on his property, where others, including children, were present.'

At the time of the alleged dog attack, Brown was father to two children, a now 11-year-old daughter called Royalty and a now six-year-old son called Aeko. In the intervening years, he has welcomed a further two children. 

In the original 2021 complaint filed by Maria's sister Patricia, it was claimed Brown hired the siblings to clean his Los Angeles house twice weekly for $600 per day.

The suit held that when she and Maria were working at his property in the suburb of Tarzana, the singer's dogs were kept in a different part of the premises.

Her complaint further maintained that Caucasian Shepherds - the breed of the dog accused of attacking Maria - had a known history of aggression and violence.

The court documents held that Maria was set upon by Brown's pet when she was out in the backyard in order to empty a vacuum cleaner. 

The dog was pulled from Maria and Brown dialed 911, whereupon the housekeeper was taken to the hospital and had to undergo multiple surgeries, the lawsuit alleged.

Maria was said to have endured panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe anxiety and emotional distress as a result of the purported dog attack.

Patricia claimed in her lawsuit that Brown had failed to protect the sisters from unreasonable risk of harm, while Brown has subsequently denied wrongdoing and insisted that the dog in question was provoked.