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BRANDY HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THESE LAWSUITS: Fourth person sues Friday over fatal car crash; singer files complaint denying allegations.
*Days before a fourth person sued Brandy Norwood for her role in a fatal car crash last December, the actress/singer filed court documents responding to the flurry of wrongful death lawsuits brought against her by family members of the victim.
As previously reported, Brandy is already being sued in separate cases by the victim’s husband, parents and children. A fourth lawsuit was added last week by a driver who was caught up in the wreck’s chain reaction allegedly sparked by Brandy.
Mallory Ham, 50, filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court Friday claiming Brandy "recklessly wantonly, unlawfully, and maliciously" operated the car responsible for the wreck on the 405 freeway.
In the December 30 accident, Brandy's Land Rover rear-ended a Toyota Corolla being driven by 38-year-old Awatef Aboudihaj, who in turn hit 82-year-old Donald Lit's Toyota Tercel. That collision caused Aboudihaj's car to bounce into a different lane, where she was broadsided by a vehicle driven by Ham, 50. Aboudihaj died as a result of her injuries.
Ham’s complaint, obtained by E! Online, states that Brandy "carelessly and negligently owned, operated, entrusted, leased, repaired, modified, maintained and/or controlled a 2007 Land Rover Range Rover so as to cause a multi-vehicle accident that severely injured plaintiff Mallory Ham and killed another person."
The defendant was aware of the "probable harmful consequences of speeding…following other vehicles too closely…and tailgating other vehicles," the complaint continued.
Ham is seeking unspecified general, special and punitive damages for medical expenses, loss of earnings and other costs, as well as "past, present and future pain and suffering."
Ham, meanwhile, is named as a defendant in the lawsuit filed against Brandy by the victim’s husband, Maroune Hdidou, who is suing for the loss of "support, maintenance, solace, moral support, companionship and comfort" that his "faithful and dutiful" spouse provided him.
In court documents filed Wednesday, the 28-year-old entertainer fires back against the allegations outlined in the three lawsuits filed by Aboudihaj's family members.
"This answering defendant specifically denies each and every allegation in the complaint and further denies that plaintiffs have been damaged in any sum or sums whatsoever," read Brandy’s court papers obtained by E! Online.
Also in the filing, Brandy asserts her Fifth Amendment privilege to not incriminate herself and requests a jury trial.
The California Highway Patrol has recommended that the L.A. City Attorney's Office charge Brandy with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, but prosecutors have yet to decide if any charges will be filed.
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