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\n\tThe housekeeper attacked by a security dog at Chris Brown<\/a>\u2019s Los Angeles mansion nearly five years ago wept on the witness stand Wednesday as she described the mauling<\/a>, saying it left her with severe injuries to her arm and face, extensive and painful scarring, and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI will never be the same again,\u201d Maria Avila told jurors in a courtroom in Van Nuys, California.<\/p>\n \n\tShe testified that surgeons harvested so much skin from her abdomen to graft onto her arm, she was unable to bend at the waist during her lengthy recovery after the Dec. 12, 2020, assault. The lacerations to her face required dozens of sutures, and she had to spend five days in the hospital alone because pandemic restrictions barred visitors, she recalled.<\/p>\n \n\tSpeaking in Spanish through an interpreter, Avila said the attack robbed her of her physical confidence, her livelihood, and her sense of safety. She testified that she is now afraid of all dogs, and that nerve damage and chronic sensitivity on her left side make it difficult to sleep and perform routine daily tasks. After more than five years, she still lacks the arm strength to scrub floors or ring out a mop. That physical limitation, combined with the fact that most of her prior clients have dogs, means Avila\u2019s return to work as a housekeeper hasn\u2019t been realistic.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWhen I go outside, and I see dogs, if I see they\u2019re staying far away, I\u2019m fine. But if I think they\u2019re going to come close to me, I\u2019m afraid,\u201d Avila testified.<\/p>\n \n\tWith her hands visibly shaking, Ms. Avila rolled up her left sleeve and walked to the jury box. She turned her gaze to the wall as jurors examined the raised and pitted skin covering much of her forearm. She then removed her dark-rimmed glasses and swept back her bangs to reveal a pattern of scars running from beneath her left eye up across her forehead.<\/p>\n \n\tJurors were then shown a series of photographs showing Avila before the attack: on her wedding day; at a formal gathering; posed in an embrace with her husband; and in a portrait, her unscarred left arm wrapped around her waist. Her attorney, Nancy P. Doumanian, asked whether she had taken pride in her appearance before the mauling.<\/p>\n