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News that the Grammy-winning recording star was off the hook
in his latest brush with the law came as Brown celebrated his
26th birthday.
The alleged pre-dawn confrontation occurred early Sunday on a
guest court at the Palms Casino Resort hotel, and the police
said the victim reported the incident in a phone call from the
hospital where he was treated for his injuries.
Brown was subsequently given the option of signing a misdemeanor
battery citation or having the case submitted to the Clark
County District Attorney's Office for possible prosecution.
But on Tuesday the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
issued a revised statement saying the victim had told detectives
"that he no longer wants to go forward with criminal charges,"
adding, "This case will not be pursued any further."
In Nevada, a misdemeanor battery conviction carries a maximum
penalty of a $1,000 fine.
Neither Brown's attorney nor his publicist were immediately
available for comment.
Brown's latest legal predicament came 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Brown's probation was revoked in 2013 after he was accused of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
program in California for breaking the rules and was jailed on
that breach of probation for nearly three months.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman from Los Angeles; Editing by Eric
Beech)
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