Photo: KCS Presse / MEGA Chris Brownis stepping out for the first time since being detained in Paris for a rape allegation. In a strongly worded Instagram post that he’s since deleted, the R&B singer rejected the accusation on Tuesday, saying that it was damaging to both himself and his young daughter, Royalty, who turns 5 in May. “I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR…… THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAP [sic]!...

Chris Brown.Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court states that Patricia Avila and her sister Maria were cleaning Brown’s house on Dec. 12, 2020, when the attack occurred. Prior to that date, Brown’s dogs had been kept on another part of his property, where the housekeepers could not see them or interact with them, according to the lawsuit. An attorney for Brown did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment....

Chris Brown.Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Chris Brownis being sued for allegedly beating up a man at a London nightclub. According to the lawsuit, Brown, 34, was “beating” Diaw in the head with “crushing blows” and knocked him unconscious. Then, Brown allegedly “continued to ruthlessly stomp” on him for “30 seconds.” Diaw, who was 43 at the time, “ended up in the hospital with lacerations on his head and torn ligaments in his leg,” the lawsuit states, adding that it left with him “permanent” damage and “severe emotional distress....

Photo: Allen Berezovsky/WireImage Chris Brownand Nia Guzman are butting heads in court. Guzman, who is the mother of the “Forever” singer’s4-year-old daughter Royalty, has filed a request foran increase in child support, her attorney Lisa Bloom confirms to PEOPLE. Because Brown raked in $4,269,067 in the last two years, Guzman is now asking for $18,336 per month and $190,000 retroactively, Bloom says. Brown currently pays $2,500 per month in child support, but the amount was increased to $5,000 at a recent hearing, the attorney confirms....

The recently engagedChris BukowskiandKatie Mortonare still going strong, according to their fellowBachelor in Paradisecostars. While Morton, 26, and six other formerBIPcast members headed to Napa, California, on Sunday for a Live in the Vineyard event, her fiancé, Bukowski, was not present. When fans pointed out the notable absence on Instagram, they assumed it meant the couple had called it quits. “We’re ready to take on the Catalina Wine Mixer,”Jared Haibonwroteon Instagram, along with a picture of the crew, which included hiswife Ashley Iaconetti, Joe Amabile,Kendall Long,Krystal Nielson,Chris Randone, and Morton....

Chris Christie, Donald Trump.Photo: Heidi Gutman/Walt Disney Television/Getty; SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Former New Jersey Gov.Chris ChristiesaysDonald Trumpis “the cheapest S.O.B. I’ve ever met in my life,” in the wake of reports that the former president has been diverting campaign funds to a political action committee that was used in the past to pay his legal bills. In a Tuesday interview withPolitico, 60-year-old Christie said: “What Donald Trump is good at is spending other people’s money....

Photo:AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Chris Christiehas made it clear what he thinks ofNikki Haley’s presidential campaign. The former New Jersey governor, 61, was caught on a hot mic voicing his thoughts on how the Republican primary will play out moments beforedropping out of the raceat aNew Hampshire town hallon Wednesday. “She spent $68 million so far,” Christie said of Haley before taking the stage, according to theWashington Post....

Photo: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Former New Jersey Gov.Chris Christieis officially running for president in 2024, according topaperworkfiled with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. A formal campaign launch in New Hampshire is scheduled for Tuesday evening. Christie, once a close ally ofDonald Trump, turned into critic of the former president near the end of his term in the White House, particularly following theJan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. He now aims to send voters a message that he is the only Republican challenger capable of handling Trump’s attacks on the campaign trail — and fighting back....

Chris Christie.Photo: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Chris Christieis mulling a 2024 presidential bid, according to a new report. The 58-year-old former New Jersey governor is “seriously considering” running for the Republican nomination in three years, sourcestold the political news website Axios, which cites three people familiar with his plans. A spokesperson for Christie did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment Wednesday. In December, Christietoldradio host Hugh Hewitt he “would not” rule out the possibility of running again for the presidency....

Chris Christie (left), Melania Trump.Photo: Getty (2)Chris Christiesays that while he was battling COVID-19 from a New Jersey hospital bed, there was one person who made it a point to regularly check in on him:Melania Trump.In an appearance onThe ViewMonday ahead of the release of his new book,Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden, the 59-year-old Christie said that the former first lady checked in on him nearly every day he was in the hospital with the virus....

Chris Christie and Donald Trump.Photo: Heidi Gutman/Walt Disney Television/Getty; SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty “And that’s not speculation,” Christie, a former Trump supporter, said in an appearance on ABC’sThisWeekon Sunday. “That’s based upon the polling that I was privy to pre-the 2020 election and what we saw actually happen in the 2020 election. And it’s only gotten worse since then.” Christie said that the failure of Trump-endorsed candidates in the 2022 midterm elections is further proof that support for the former president is eroding....

Former New Jersey Gov.Chris Christiesuspended his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, just ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucus. Christie, whoentered the race in June, told supportersat a New Hampshire town hallit was “clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path for me to win the nomination, which is why I’m suspending my campaign tonight for president of the United States.” Although Christie did not endorse another candidate, hetold supportershe was “going to make sure that in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again....

Photo: Heidi Gutman/Walt Disney Television/Getty; SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyFormer New Jersey Gov.Chris Christiewasted no time going after his new 2024 rival on Tuesday, calling fellow Republican presidential candidateDonald Trump"a lonely, self-consumed, self-serving mirror hog" who “is not a leader.“Christie, 60, made the remarks at a two-hour town hall event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, where he made his official announcement thathe is running for president, hours after filingpaperworkwith the Federal Election Commission....