Diamond Brown Subpoenas Chris Brown’s Bank Records in Fight to Raise Child Support From $7K to $30K a Month
Diamond Brown is done asking nice. The mother of Chris Brown’s 4-year-old daughter Lovely has subpoenaed the singer’s business managers for his financial records — and according to court documents obtained by TMZ, his team objected. Now the two sides are at a standstill, and the whole case is stuck on one question: what does Chris Brown actually make?
Diamond says she needs the records because she can’t prove his income without them. In her filing, she estimates Chris is worth around $50 million, says he currently pays her roughly $7,000 a month in child support, and claims she has only about $10,000 to her name. She wants the court to raise the payments to at least $30,000 a month, plus extra money covering Lovely’s education, healthcare and activities.
Her side of the ledger. Diamond filed the case in Los Angeles Superior Court on October 1. She says she earns about $1,500 a month working as an influencer and esthetician, that the $7,000 doesn’t cover her expenses, and that she’s going deeper into debt every month. She also claims Chris sometimes deducts money from the agreed amount. Her filing laid out roughly $45,000 a month in household and childcare expenses, and to show what he can afford, she pointed at his public spending — the brand new car and $10,000 in cash he gave a fan and her family, a Hermès bag for one of his other children’s mothers, and Prada bags for another.
The custody claims. Diamond says she has Lovely about 90% of the time and claims Chris hasn’t asked to see their daughter in six to seven months, calling him “often uninterested” in the filing. She says she has always encouraged their relationship, but pushed back when he asked to take Lovely on tour on alternating weekends, which she felt wasn’t appropriate for a child her age. Those are her claims in the paperwork — Chris tells it different.
His side. Chris pushed back on Instagram after the filing became public, disputing her account of what he provides. He said he hasn’t seen Lovely in seven months despite supporting her financially — flipping her timeline into his own complaint. The mothers of his other children have also spoken up for him publicly, saying he takes care of all of his kids.
Where it stands. California sets child support mainly by formula — income and time with the child — which is exactly why Diamond’s lawyers are fighting for the records first. Without an income figure both sides accept, there’s no number to plug in. The court hasn’t ruled on her request, and the fight over the bank records has no resolution yet. Until a judge decides what his team has to hand over, the $30K question stays on ice.
So what do y’all think — if he’s really worth $50 million, is $7K a month for his daughter way too low, or is $30K a month where child support stops being about the child?
Source: TMZ (court documents), with reporting from Baller Alert and The Jasmine Brand. All dollar figures and claims above are as stated in Diamond Brown’s filing unless noted.
