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Brown, who turns 26 on Tuesday, has been given the option of
signing a misdemeanor citation or having the case submitted to
the Clark County District Attorney's Office for possible
prosecution.
Police said the beating victim reported the incident from the
hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released,
and that Brown had left the scene at the hotel by the time
detectives arrived.
Signing the citation is a promise to appear in court, not an
admission of guilt, police said. Likewise, Brown would be
summoned to court if the district attorney were to charge him.
Either way, a conviction carries a maximum penalty of a $1,000
(660 pounds) fine, according to police spokesman Larry Hadfield.
Neither Brown's attorney nor his publicist were immediately
available for comment.
Brown's latest legal quandary comes about six weeks after a
judge in Los Angeles ended his probation stemming from the
performer's 2009 guilty plea to charges of assaulting his
then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna, on the eve of the Grammy
Awards.
Brown's probation was revoked in 2013 after he was accused of
punching a man who was trying to get a picture of the singer in
Washington, D.C.
The following year, he was kicked out of a court-ordered rehab
programmer in California for breaking the rules and was jailed
on that breach of probation for nearly three months.
Brown, whose hits include "Turn Up the Music," first made his
mark on the recording scene as a teenager and has managed to
bounce back professionally despite several brushes with the law,
winning a Grammy as best male R&B artist three years after
beating up Rihanna.
Over the weekend, he headlined a late-night concert following a
high-profile boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny
Pacquiao, launching the vocalist's live-performance residency at
a Las Vegas nightclub.
(Editing by Eric Walsh)
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