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"Frank Ocean&amp;#039;s cousin is reportedly suing Chris Brown over the brawl between the two singers earlier this year. Sha&amp;#039;Keir Duarte claims that Brown&amp;#039;s bodyguard assaulted him and was egged on by the &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t Judge Me&amp;#039; star during the fight, according to E! News.   Duarte says a minder named Hood kicked him at least 12 times in the body and several times in the head, as well as punching him as he lay on the ground. He alleges that Brown spurred on his bodyguard and mocked Duarte when the scuffle was over by saying: &amp;quot;You just got your ass beat and it&amp;#039;s all on camera.&amp;quot; Duarte is asking for damages in excess of $25,000 for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy to commit battery.  The conspiracy claim in the suit states that Brown had &amp;quot;been engaged in a public verbal dispute&amp;quot; with Ocean and &amp;quot;has, through social media, attempted to publicly belittle Frank Ocean, and any recording artist or acts associated with him&amp;quot;. The apparent fight broke out between Brown, Ocean and their entourages in January over a parking space outside an LA recording studio. A police investigation into the incident was closed with no charges being filed. A rep for Brown insisted that the 24-year-old &amp;quot;does not employ anyone named Hood&amp;quot;. Brown&amp;#039;s lawyer Mark Geragos also denied the claims, saying: &amp;quot;This is what gives lawyers and lawsuits a bad name is garbage like this.&amp;quot; Ocean reignited his feud with Brown last month by branding him &amp;quot;sloppy&amp;quot; in new lyrics. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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