James Brown Sued for Rape

James Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was a vocalist and musician from the United States. He is known as “the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business,” “Godfather of Soul,” “Mr. Dynamite,” and “Soul Brother No. 1” in addition to being the fundamental founder of funk music and a significant character of twentieth-century music.

During his more than 50-year career, he influenced the creation of various music genres. Brown was one of the original ten honorees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986, in New York.

Who sued James Brown with rape accusations?

In January 2005, a woman called Jacque Hollander filed a lawsuit against James Brown, alleging a rape in 1988. When the matter was first heard before a judge in 2002, the court dismissed Hollander’s allegations against Brown because the statute of limitations for launching the suit had expired. Hollander stated that the alleged assault caused her to get Graves’ disease, a thyroid disorder.

Hollander stated that the encounter occurred in South Carolina while she was working as a spokeswoman for Brown. Hollander stated that, during her ride in a van with Brown, Brown pulled over to the side of the road and sexually attacked her while he threatened her with a shotgun.

Hollander submitted a DNA sample and a polygraph test as evidence in her case against Brown, but the evidence was not examined due to the limited defense. Hollander later attempted to take her case to the Supreme Court, but her challenge was dismissed.

Meanwhile, James Brown

was born in a small wooden hut on May 3, 1933, near Barnwell, South Carolina, to 16-year-old Susie (Behling; 1917-2004) and 21-year-old Joseph Gardner Brown (1912-1993). Brown’s name was meant to be Joseph James Brown, but on his birth certificate, his first and middle names were reversed. Brown asserted in his book that he was of Chinese and Native American descent, that his father was of mixed African-American and Native American blood, and that his mother was of mixed African-American and Asian descent.

The Brown family lived in Elko, South Carolina, which was a poor town at the time. When James was four or five, the family relocated to Augusta, Georgia. His family initially resided in one of his aunts’ brothels. They eventually moved into a house with another aunt. Brown’s mother finally left the family and relocated to New York following a rocky and abusive marriage.

He began singing in talent events as a child, first winning at Augusta’s Lenox Theatre in 1944 after performing the ballad “So Long.” Brown performed buck dances for change to entertain troops from Camp Gordon as their convoys passed over a canal bridge near his aunt’s house during the outset of World War II.

It was here that he first heard Howlin’ Wolf, the famed blues guitarist, play guitar. During this time, he learned to play the piano, guitar, and harmonica. After hearing “Caldonia” by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, he was inspired to become an entertainer. Brown briefly worked as a boxer throughout his adolescence.

Source: www.ghgossip.com