LOS ANGELES - A judge again refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the wife and stepdaughter of Christian Brando alleging they were often abused and threatened by him. Deborah Brando and her 13-year-old daughter filed suit in December citing violation of their civil rights, assault, domestic violence, battery and emotional distress.
Superior Court Judge Edward A. Ferns rejected a motion to dismiss the case in April, and on Tuesday Ferns said he saw nothing different to change his mind.
Attorney Brian Oxman, representing Deborah Brando, said he was pleased with Ferns' ruling.
Brando and his wife met in 1990, the year he pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his sister's boyfriend Dag Drollet. Christian Brando spent six years in prison. They married in October 2004 and divorced earlier this year. In August 2004, the two moved into the Mulholland Drive home of legendary actor Marlon Brando, Christian's father who had died a month earlier.
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages, said Christian Brando, now 48, "began a pattern of domestic violence, sexual abuse and physical assaults and batteries against Ms. Brando and her daughter."
Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.