Celebrity Justice
Brandy's Lawyer to CHP -- You Did Her Wrong

Brandy and Blair Berk Brandy's high-powered attorney, Blair Berk, released the following statement exclusively to TMZ:

"We are extremely pleased that after a more thorough and extensive investigation by authorities, the Los Angeles City Attorney has determined that Brandy Norwood should not be charged with any crime whatsoever relating to the accident back in 2006."

She continued, "These past 12 months have posed an extraordinary hardship for Brandy and her family, who have been unfairly forced to live under a cloud of suspicion initially caused by the ill-advised and premature press release sent out by the California Highway Patrol accusing Brandy of wrongdoing before the police investigation was even finished. However, Brandy continues to be mindful that she was so fortunate to be uninjured in this accident and there was a life lost that should be remembered."

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91. The color of Brandy's skin has NOTHING to do with this tragedy. Those racists who keep name calling should crawl back under their rocks.

It seems funny that this far down the road from the accident date that she is now being found innocent when immediately after the accident she contritubted to the accident.

I think money and prestige has more to do with it. If "I" was the one in her place, I'm sure I would have been immediately charged and then gone to trial.

I'm sure she feels terrible. She should be accepting the same punishment that ANYONE without money or fame would get. This two tiered system in California makes me sick to my stomach.

I'll keep the family of the deceased Mom in my prayers.

Brandy: My personal opinion ......... you should use this tragedy to promote something good. Show the world that fame doesn't or at least shouldn't BUY freedom. Take your punishment. Don't try to get out of it.

All my best ....

Posted at 11:40AM on Dec 29th 2007 by Hope

92. The other person involved in the accidient heard Brandy saying over, over its all my fault. What, now its not her fault. ++++++
Yeah this sounds really credibile...dingbat


She was speeding, and blabbing on her cell at the time of the accident
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For the 100th time....she was not...it was investigated...she was not speeding, talking on her cell, or distracted...ALL OF THIS WAS INVESTIGATED and she was CLEARED.


She has ruined this family, and the two children will never have a mother, because of her. I dont see how she can live with this. I hope sensible people will award this man and his children all of her money. No, it will not bring back the mom, but it will help.
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No the dead woman ruined her own family by driving under the influence.


Yeah Brandy is cleared! No harm can come to her! Because the Dead woman had traces of Marijuana in her system! Why didn't you mention anything about that?

Taylor please know your facts before you share your ignorance on the worldwide web. All that you stated above is simply hearsay and not facts. you sound like an imbred GED totting backwoods bama. I am quite happy that Brandy is cleared so she can go on with her life.


It seems like ever since OJ walked you people are on a wich hunt for black celebs. That justice system burns doesn't...just burns don't it? Now you get a little taste of what black folks have been going through for 500 years in this racist country.
LOL yeah OJ did it. Yeah he killed Nicole and that Goldman dude. We know he did...but we still cheer him. that was 15 years ago and ya'll are still mad. Ironic isn't it? And you tell us to get over slavery & Jim Crow...

Brandy is a good girl...she's not OJ. She's never done anything bad...and now that this has been cleared she can continue on with her clean record. She can go back to her mansion, go back to her daughter, go back to her fabulous life WITH A CLEAR CONSCIOUS!

In a few weeks you all will forget about brandy and move on with yourpublic lynching of another black celeb. And I hope the justice system burns you again. Racist backwood inbred Ding Bats

Posted at 11:58AM on Dec 29th 2007 by Heidikins

93. just another rich loser. they can get away with murder, The civil law suit will empty her bank account. If not to the family of the woman she killed, but to the low life lawyer she has.

Posted at 1:06PM on Dec 29th 2007 by james

94. just another rich loser. they can get away with murder, The civil law suit will empty her bank account. If not to the family of the woman she killed, but to the low life lawyer she has.
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Highly unlikely. The woman had traces of Marijuanna in her system. If her system was clean...then maybe.
Why aren't you hyping on the other people involved in the accident?
WTF did Brandy ever do to you to spew such hate and wishing her broke? You must be an inbred loser with nothing going on in your life to wish such horrible things on someone you don't even know. All you racist bastards have proven is that you can't stand to see an African American with a little bit of money. I can see if you guys spewed this much hate for a white celebrity who was caught in an unfortunate accident, and wish them ill will and lose all of their money. Just another rich loser? Maybe if she was a party girl like Paris, maybe if she showed her hairless herpes infested crotch like Paris or Britney everytime she got out of a car, maybe if she was in and out of rehab like Lohan., maybe if she had a different boyfriend every day of the week..maybe then you guys would give her little sympathy.

I pray that all of you racist bastard's get everything back on you 10 folds. I pray that no one has sypmathy for you...I pray that not only do you lose your money...you lose your minds. Lord knows that when the market goes down, ya'll are known for offing yourselves. When situations get hard...you guys act like your world is over and you can't deal.

Posted at 3:29PM on Dec 29th 2007 by Heidikins

95. "I pray that all of you racist bastard's get everything back on you 10 folds. I pray that no one has sypmathy for you...I pray that not only do you lose your money...you lose your minds. Lord knows that when the market goes down, ya'll are known for offing yourselves. When situations get hard...you guys act like your world is over and you can't deal."

I pray that the Lord takes you straight to hell for bearing false witness.

Posted at 7:02PM on Dec 29th 2007 by Petunia

96. Its funny how money changes things. It makes you wonder were the divide between right or wrong stands? In reality its how much money your sitting on. Example what about that prison break jerk!! At least he apologized and took it like a man. But this B%$^h expected sympathy from the get go. I hope while her and Ray .J celebrate the "bamboozle" they have done to this family they realize what it could be like if the other had passed and all that was left was the tabloids depicting you as a idiot, while Diddy dances freely with no remorse or guilt. Don't worry moe. a Little turkey giving and a charity donation and your in heaven! Take that! take that! cant stop wont stop!!

Posted at 8:27PM on Dec 29th 2007 by joecrax

97. just another case of money hungry relatives trying to cash in on a tragedy. i'd be rolling in my grave if any of my relatives ever did that. bottom line was that this woman was NOT an innocent victim, she was high (or had pot in her system); this could have happened to her at ANY time. brandy did not cause the accident. yes, its unfortunate but i don't feel sorry for this woman. we all make choices that bring about consequences and she made her choice by driving high. i don't understand why everyone wants to see brandy take the blame for this when she did nothing wrong

Posted at 10:24PM on Dec 29th 2007 by hora

98. #81 (Petunia)

"It states that Brandy's car hit Aboudihaj's car. Can you really not comprehend the written English language?"

No one is denying that Brandy hit the woman's car. What's at issue is WHY she hit the woman's car. Was it because of negligence or was it because she had no control over what was happening in front of her (an accident) and couldn't respond to it the most effectively?


"This is exactly what I have already stated. They determined that there is insufficient evidence to convict Brandy. They did NOT determine she was not at fault. In fact, by your own posting, she was at fault for rear-ending the dead woman's vehicle. The prosecutors only determined that they cannot prove that Brandy's negligence resulted in the woman's death."

You are really cracking me up with this explaination above! First of all it's not up to the investigators to "prove her guilty". They are suppose to just look for the facts!! They aren't suppose to go "Let's target this person" they are ONLY suppose to look for the FACTs, and the fact is there is insufficient evidence to charge her with anything... thus they cannot PROVE that she IS at fault. Also if they really felt that they she WAS at fault there would have at least been a grand jury hearing.... if the department believes that she's guilty, are you telling me that they wouldn't had at least brought it to a grand jury, so they could at least hear what (you seem to imply) convinced them that she was?

We have grand juries to determine if someone should go to trial---- that didn't even happen!

If she was at fault, they would have EVIDENCE. But it appears that they don't. What you are saying is that the police have insufficient evidence yet have something to determine that she was at FAULT too.... that doesn't go hand and hand in the court of law.

A woman is dead here, and games shouldn't be played. If they felt that she was at fault, they would have at least filed charges... especially since the time to do so was running out. At least dragged the thing out and see if they could get a conviction--- not just drop it all together.

At the most, the police statement is just professional language to say they have no reason to prosecute her, because the evidence to show that she was at fault is just not there.

Now if you would like to play the "they must state it" game, then ok.



"Again, reading comprehension? That was not an apology. Find a dictionary, they have them online now. "Condolences" are not the same thing as an apology."

Does she have to issue an apology to you personally? She released her "condolences" through her publicist to solve PUBLIC AFFAIRS. You have no idea if she did or did not issue a sincere and personal apology to the family of the dead woman. What she does privately is none of your business.

I really can't imagine any celebrity having their publicist release their actual personal apologies. Could you imagine that?
"This A List Celebrtiy would like to apologize to their mother for forgetting her birthday". "This A List Celebrity would like to apologize for breaking their friend's glass."

If she would have gotten a video camera and the papparazi and went to this family's doorstep to apologize you would probably dog her out and call it a publicity stunt.... I could just see how the people who hate Brandy and feel that she isn't sorry enough would interpret it.

Posted at 11:01PM on Dec 29th 2007 by HmmOK

99. Brandy should have immediately stepped on her brakes upon seeing Aboudihaj's brake lights go on. She must have been asleep because that would have been a normal person's reaction.

Posted at 12:48AM on Dec 30th 2007 by Paula

100. Who's to say if she had any culpability ultimately. I can say that, as has been echoed in this forum on other occasions, ain't no way would I ever get caught in HellA. That's some incompetent, coverupin', politically controlled by Hollywood execs, law enforcement out there I tell ya.

Posted at 3:48PM on Dec 30th 2007 by player hater, game hater

101. People need to mind their own buisness we were not there the only thing we know is hear say if this was just a average person we would not even be having this dicussion and i dont see the lawyer blaiming the deceased. Look at it this way what if brandy did not have money would we be having this talk of course not people just seen dollar signs when this happened the money that could be made clouded the minds of others you know a quick buck. the same reason why people follow the stars around in the first place to make a quick buck. the tabloids dont give a D*** about if what they are reporting is even true the only thing they care about is how much money they can make off a picture or story even if it is a bald face lie and even if it can destroy another persons life " MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL" I bet you heard that one before

Posted at 4:30AM on Feb 24th 2008 by angel

102. You people are only saying this because she is famous; If she wasn't famous you wouldn't say she should be sued or what not. No she shuldn't have been on the phone and she does admit she was driving fast but it isn't all her fault. There was a car that hit the poor lady that past and she hit someone else car as well. There was multiple cars in this incident so why is Brandy the only one being blamed here? To the person BB, was you there at the scene? I would like to know since you know exactly what happened and just know Brandy is the blame. Accidents happen that is why they are called that-a accident, its unfortunate that someone lost their life from it but this was truly a accident. If Brandy was a regular everyday person, she probably wouldn't even have been sued for money to begin with but since she does have celebrity status and money, everyone wants to blame her and put all the fault at her. She isn't the one who started the accident.

Posted at 11:26AM on Mar 13th 2008 by Rell

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