Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over 'vicious' bottle attack at London club
R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray following a 2023 bottle attack at a London nightclub. The singer and his vocal coach will be sentenced in October after the court dropped more serious charges of assault and weapon possession.
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R&B SINGER CHRIS Brown has pleaded guilty to affray over a “vicious and unprovoked” bottle attack at a club in central London.
The 37-year-old had been facing trial later this year after he hit a former friend twice over the head with a bottle on the dancefloor at the Tape private members’ club in Mayfair in 2023.
At Southwark Crown Court today, a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Abraham Diaw was dropped along with two charges of possessing an offensive weapon – a bottle – in a public place and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.
Brown, of California, USA, was charged along with his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu (40), who had also denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm and has now pleaded guilty to affray.
The pair will be sentenced on 26 October for the affray charge.
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