Chris Brown pleaded not responsible Friday to 2 additional fees associated to the intense beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, denied the extra severe cost of trying to trigger grievous bodily hurt at a listening to final month.
The Run It singer appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court docket on Friday, the place he spoke solely to substantiate his title and enter his pleas of not responsible to inflicting precise bodily hurt and an additional cost of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
Brown’s co-defendant, Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who performs below the title Hoody Child, additionally pleaded not responsible to the cost of inflicting precise bodily hurt, having beforehand denied trying to inflict grievous bodily hurt.
Omololu Akinlolu, charged alongside R&B singer Chris Brown over an alleged assault in a London nightclub, leaves Southwark Crown Court docket, south London.
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Brown is accused of launching an “unprovoked assault” on producer Amadou “Abe” Diaw on the Tape nightclub in London in February 2023 whereas he was on tour.
Prosecutor Hannah Nicholls stated Brown struck Diaw a number of instances with a tequila bottle after which punched and kicked him.
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The assault was caught on surveillance digicam in entrance of a membership full of individuals, prosecutors stated.
Brown was initially charged with a single rely of inflicting grievous bodily hurt after his arrest in Might, however prosecutors subsequently introduced an indictment including two counts: assault inflicting precise bodily hurt and having an offensive weapon, a bottle.
The Sensational singer was launched on US$6.7-million bail in Might, which allowed him to begin his Breezy Bowl XX tour in June.
Choose Tony Baumgartner stated the 36-year-old singer may proceed his tour, together with a number of stops within the U.Okay., however must pay the bail to ensure his look in court docket. Brown might be requested to forfeit the cash if he breaches bail situations.
Brown’s bail situations embody surrendering his passport if he isn’t travelling on tour, residing at a selected handle recognized to the court docket, not contacting Diaw, not visiting the Tape nightclub the place the incident happened and never making use of for worldwide journey paperwork.
Brown and Akinlolu’s trial is because of start on Oct. 26, 2026.
The singer is at the moment touring the U.Okay., taking part in in London with subsequent exhibits in Eire, Scotland, France and Portugal. He returns to North America on the finish of July to play Miami, earlier than shifting throughout the U.S. with a two-night cease in Toronto alongside the way in which.
— with information from The Related Press
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