Chris Brown ordered to pay housekeeper $13m after dog attack

Brown said he had been about to shower when he heard the dog growling, and went downstairs to find Avila lying motionless and covered in "a lot of blood".

"The blood kind of freaked me out," he said, adding that he was "in shock" when he followed his manager's advice to leave the scene before emergency services arrived.

Brown admitted some culpability before the trial began, but he disputed the extent of Avila's injuries and argued that she was partially at fault for the incident.

The singer said he had warned the sisters the dogs were "absolutely not" friendly and told them only to go outside when security were present.

The two housekeepers denied that conversation with Brown took place, and said the language barrier would have made such a discussion unlikely.

Brown said the dog was purchased and looked after by his security guards to help protect the house from break-ins, telling the jury: "I get a lot of stalker-type situations."

Speaking in Spanish with an interpreter, Avila told the court she was left with severe scarring on her face and left arm, as well as limited mobility after surgeons grafted skin from her abdomen to repair her arm.

Rolling Stone reported that she showed the jury "a pattern of scars running from beneath her left eye up across her forehead" as well as the "raised and pitted skin" on her forearm.

She stated in testimony that she had not been able to return to work as a housekeeper because of a lack in arm strength, as well as post-traumatic stress that prevents her being around dogs.

A further $885,000 (£668,000) has been awarded to Avila's sister Patricia, who was also working when the attack took place.

Maria Avila's husband Oscar Olivo was separately awarded $50,000 (£38,000), Patricia's lawyer Michael C Murphy told Billboard.

"After more than five years of litigating against Chris Brown, we are thrilled that we were able to get justice for our client, Patricia," he said.

"We are so happy for her and her family after everything they went through on that horrible day."

Representatives for Maria Avila and Oscar Olivo have not yet commented.

Brown is currently on tour in the US with R&B singer Usher.

Brown is scheduled to face trial in the UK in October over an alleged attack on a music producer with a bottle in a nightclub in 2023.

He appeared in court in the UK in January alongside co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu. The pair were granted bail.