Chris Brown pleaded not responsible Friday (June 20) to the intense beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The Grammy-winning singer wore a blue swimsuit, white shirt, and black-rimmed glasses for his arraignment in London’s Southwark Crown Court docket. Outdoors of his authorized troubles, Breezy is celebrating twenty years within the music business together with his ‘Breezy Bowl XX’ tour, which kicked off in Europe earlier this month.
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Extra Particulars About Chris Brown’s Not Responsible Plea In London Case
For context, Chris Brown faces one rely of making an attempt to unlawfully and maliciously trigger grievous bodily hurt with intent, per the Related Press. Additionally value noting: Brown’s pal and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu pleaded not responsible to the identical cost. The 39-year-old performs beneath the title “Hoody Child.”
Prosecutors beforehand stated Brown and Akinlolu assaulted producer Abe Diaw at a bar within the Tape nightclub within the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023. Brown allegedly launched an unprovoked assault on Diaw and hit him a number of occasions with a bottle, after which punched and kicked him on the bottom. Surveillance cameras caught the assault, which prosecutors say occurred in entrance of a membership full of individuals.
When a court docket clerk requested Brown how he pleaded to the grievous bodily hurt rely, he replied: “Not responsible, ma’am.”
What Occurs Subsequent?
Prosecutors initially charged Chris Brown with a single rely of grievous bodily hurt after his arrest in Could. Nonetheless, prosecutors subsequently introduced an indictment including two counts: assault inflicting precise bodily hurt and having an offensive weapon. That weapon is listed because the bottle Brown allegedly used within the assault. The singer didn’t enter pleas on the extra counts.
Brown will return to court docket on July 11 to face these prices after wrapping up the European leg of his world tour. If an settlement will not be reached, his trial is already scheduled for Oct. 26, 2026.
In the meantime, ‘Breezy Bowl XX’ Is Nonetheless Going On…
Officers launched the singer of ‘Go Loopy,’ ‘Run It,’ and ‘Kiss Kiss’ final month on a 5 million-pound ($6.75 million) bail. The discharge, which a court docket initially blocked, allowed him to start out his “Breezy Bowl XX” tour earlier this month.
Following his launch after virtually per week in jail, Brown posted on Instagram: “FROM THE CAGE TO THE STAGE!!! BREEZYBOWL.”
Breezy is at the moment touring the U.Okay. Paradoxically, he’s performing this weekend in London, adopted by reveals in Eire, Scotland, France, and Portugal. He returns to North America on the finish of July to play Miami earlier than transferring throughout the U.S. The R&B and pop star additionally has a two-night cease in Toronto alongside the way in which.
Chris Brown, who rapidly rose to stardom as a teen in 2005, gained his first Grammy for finest R&B album in 2011 for ‘F.A.M.E.’ He earned his second in the identical class for ’11:11 (Deluxe)’ earlier this yr.
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Related Press Employees Brian Melley contributed to this report by way of AP Newsroom.
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