Whether she was singing What About Us, being the least-unfunny member of the Moesha cast or trying to make sense of a man called Flippy The Magnificent doing an almost-nude dance routine with a blow-up doll, Brandy always seemed sort of carefree.

That’s all changed this week, though, as details of Brandy’s involvement in a car crash last year that resulted in a woman’s death have started to trickle out. As if coping with a fatality that it seems she may have indirectly caused by not slowing down on a Los Angeles freeway wasn’t enough, Brandy may still face a manslaughter charge in the coming weeks. And now, just to heap more trouble on Brandy, the parents of the woman killed in the crash are also suing Brandy for $50 million. And you thought watching Flippy The Magnificent was unfortunate.

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