Chris Brown
is in an unusual position in court -- on the OFFENSIVE -- claiming a guy on a
basketball court tried extorting the singer ... threatening to tell cops Brown
started a fight unless he coughed up a ton of money.
Brown was
sued by Malcolm Ausbon over a pick-up basketball game last July at an L.A.
gym. Ausbon claims Brown attacked him
over a foul call, and proclaimed he was a member of the Bloods.
Brown has
now counter-sued Ausbon, claiming he had nothing to do with the fight and
Ausbon knew it, but tried to shake him down for a quarter-of-a-million dollars. According to Brown's new counter-suit --
obtained by TMZ -- Ausbon admitted to Brown's people the singer was not the
culprit, but later his lawyer made this written demand:
-- "Mr.
Ausbon believes $250,000 will suffice compensating him for his physical and
emotional injuries ... Mr. Ausbon is placed in a position by the LAPD where he
needs to decide whether he will press charges for aggravated assault and
battery."
The letter
continues:
--
"However, Mr. Ausbon prefers not to resort to filing these claims or the
lawsuit. He would rather be
compensated."
Brown's
lawyer, Mark Geragos, says in the counter-suit Ausbon promised to keep the
matter secret if Brown anted up. Brown
didn't pay and Ausbon filed his lawsuit.
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