A San Francisco State University student who was shot during a San Jose show by controversial performer Chris Brown is now suing the entertainer, claiming that Brown's violent past was in part the reason shots were fired at the South Bay show.

According to court documents filed last week (which you can read in full here), back on January 11, 22-year-old Paul Briley attended Brown's show at 2.5 Yelp-starred Fiesta Nightclub.

As previously reported, five people were shot during the show, in a melee that was caught on video, in part by Brown's social media team.

"5 people were shot while we were in the building," witness Heather H. wrote at the time.

"We got trampled to the ground and literally ran for our lives."

As a result of the incident, "San Jose police revoked the venue's entertainment permit, and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control concurrently suspended the Fiesta's alcohol license," the Merc reported. Brown also announced that the shooting made him decide not to play "nigga parties" in future.

Brown's probation was also revoked following the shooting, as he "did not get the court's permission to leave [LA] county and failed to complete his community service on time," the Merc reported.

Briley was one of the five who were shot, and claims in his filing that he's suffered from “severe physical and emotional personal injuries" that require general and special damages of an unspecified amount from Fiesta Nightclub and Brown, himself.

Listing the numerous other occasions in which Brown's shows were scenes of violence, the lawsuit alleges that Fiesta didn't provide "reasonable and adequate security" for the event.

The Merc reported in January that the "SJPD vice unit...warned the owner there was the potential for violence at the show," quoting a police spokesperson as saying "the biggest part is the forewarning [Fiesta] had and their inability to take adequate measures."

The suit also lists a number of violent incidents involving Brown and his staffers as contributing factors in the shooting, including the performer's felony conviction in 2009 for the well-publicized beating of his then-girlfriend, superstar singer Rhianna.

Brown and Fiesta should have known, the suit argues, that unless reasonable care was taken, the event "would be dangerous to life and limb and cause serious personal injuries, as reasonably expected by [Brown's] violent history."

A call from SFist to Mark Geragos, the high-profile criminal defense attorney to the stars who has represented Brown in the past, was not returned at publication time. Fiesta Nightclubs phone -- at least, the number they display publicly -- appears to have been disconnected.

Previously: Chris Brown's Performance Interrupted By Shooting At San Jose Nightclub
Chris Brown Says He Won't Play 'Hood' Clubs Or 'N**** Parties' Anymore After Shooting