LONDON — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded now not in charge to 2 additional fees associated with the intense beating of a track manufacturer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, denied the worse price of making an attempt to purpose grievous physically hurt at a listening to closing month.
The singer, dressed in a mild brown go well with, pleaded now not in charge to attack inflicting exact physically hurt to Abraham Diaw on the Tape nightclub within the swanky London group of Mayfair in February 2023.
He additionally denied having an offensive weapon — a bottle — in a public position all over the fast listening to at Southwark Crown Courtroom.
Round 20 fanatics sat within the public gallery at the back of the dock for Friday’s listening to, with a number of gasping because the singer of “Move Loopy,” “Run It” and “Kiss Kiss” walked into the court.
Co-defendant — Brown’s good friend and fellow musician — Omololu Akinlolu, 39, additionally denied exact physically hurt on Friday.
The 2023 assault was once stuck on surveillance digital camera in entrance of a membership stuffed with other people, prosecutors mentioned.
Brown was once launched in Would possibly on bail of five million kilos ($6.75 million), which allowed him to begin his “Breezy Bowl XX” excursion. Following a chain of dates in Europe, he is set to go back to North The united states on the finish of July to play in Miami, sooner than transferring around the U.S. with a two-night prevent in Toronto alongside the way in which.
Brown, who rose to stardom as a teenager in 2005, gained his first Grammy for highest R&B album in 2011 for “F.A.M.E..” He earned his 2nd in the similar class for “11:11 (Deluxe)” previous this 12 months.
