Brown, 24, had his probation revoked by Los Angeles Superior
Court Judge James R. Brandlin during a progress hearing, after
he was charged with assault in Washington, D.C. in October for
punching a man who was trying to get a picture with the singer.
Brown pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault after the
altercation left a 20-year-old man with a broken nose. He
voluntarily served a two-week stay in a rehabilitation facility
for anger management after his October arrest, but Brandlin
ordered Brown to complete a 90-day substance abuse and anger
management program in November.
The singer was set free without bail on Monday and was given
praise by Brandlin for "doing well" in the program. Brown was
told to refrain from medical marijuana use until his next Los
Angeles hearing on February 10.
The Grammy-winning singer is due in court in Washington D.C. on
January 8 for a status hearing on his misdemeanor assault
charge.
The singer was sentenced to five years' probation, community
labor and domestic violence counseling in 2009 after assaulting
his then-girlfriend Rihanna.
Since then, Brown has been embroiled in highly publicized
altercations with rapper Drake and his entourage in a New York
nightclub and R&B singer Frank Ocean in a parking lot in West
Hollywood.
The "Look at Me Now" singer had his probation revoked in July
after he was charged in a May hit-and-run traffic accident, but
it was reinstated by a Los Angeles judge in August after Brown
agreed to complete an additional 1,000 hours of community
service.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy;
editing by Mary Milliken and Cynthia Osterman)
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