Angela Reliford, a former superfan of Chris Brown, has filed a $30 million defamation lawsuit against him for reposting a manipulated video depicting her as a violent stalker. The suit names Brown, his companies, and Sony Music executives, claiming the video misrepresents her as a dangerous criminal, leading to harassment online and physical assault due to misperceptions about her identity. Reliford seeks $15 million in damages and an apology, claiming the distress from online backlash has significantly impacted her life.
I was just attacked online for months. A lot of his fans tried to insult me and to humiliate me. They started misgendering me and calling me a transgender to be offensive and disrespectful. And unfortunately, some people started to actually believe that.
The backlash escalated to being 'assaulted physically' at her workplace by someone who had seen the content online. A young gentleman who believed I was transgender actually attacked me and fought me because he thought I was a man.
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