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LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not
guilty Friday to a charge related to the serious beating of a
music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, pleaded not guilty in Southwark Crown Court to one
count of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
Brown’s friend and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who
performs under the name “Hoody Baby,” pleaded not guilty to the
same charge.
Prosecutors said Brown and Akinlolu assaulted producer Abe Diaw
at a bar in the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair
neighborhood in February 2023. Brown allegedly launched an
unprovoked attack on Diaw and hit him several times with a
bottle and then punched and kicked him.
The attack was caught on surveillance camera in front of a club
full of people, prosecutors said.
Brown was released last month on 5 million-pound ($6.75 million)
bail, which allowed him to start his world tour earlier this
month.
Brown, who burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005, won his
first Grammy for best R&B album in 2011 for “F.A.M.E.” and then
earned his second in the same category for “11:11 (Deluxe)”
earlier this year.
His hits include songs such as “Run It,” “Kiss Kiss” and
“Without You.”
His tour is due to kick off June 8 in Amsterdam before starting
North America shows in July.
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