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Brown had denied attacking Abraham Diaw with a bottle at the
Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February
2023. But prosecutors said the fight was caught on surveillance
camera in front of a club full of people.
In return for the guilty plea, prosecutors dropped charges of
assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an
offensive weapon, a bottle.
Brown's friend and vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu also pleaded
guilty to affray. He will be sentenced too.
Brown left the United Kingdom after the brawl but was arrested
in May 2025 at a Manchester hotel after flying to the city for a
concert.
Brown had been free on bail of 5 million pounds ($6.7 million),
which allowed him to tour Europe and North America last summer.
He was freed on bail again Friday and will be sentenced Oct. 26
on the affray charge, which carries a maximum sentence of three
years in prison.
Brown, who rose to stardom as a teen in 2005, won his first
Grammy for best R&B album in 2011 for “F.A.M.E.” He earned his
second in the same category for “11:11 (Deluxe)” in 2025.
He has been in repeated legal trouble since his felony
conviction in the 2009 assault of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna,
hours before the pair were due to perform at the Grammys.
He has been arrested in several U.S. states over altercations,
and in 2019 he was arrested in Paris and questioned on suspicion
of rape. He was released without charge.
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