Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in U.K. nightclub assault case

Brian Melley · The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 20, 2025 10:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Grammy-winning vocalist Chris Brown pleaded not guilty Friday to a complaint related to the superior beating of a music producer with a vessel successful a London nightclub successful 2023.

Wearing a bluish suit, achromatic garment and black-rimmed glasses, Brown, 36, was arraigned successful London's Southwark Crown Court connected one count of attempting to unlawfully and maliciously origin grievous bodily harm with intent.

Brown's person and chap instrumentalist Omololu Akinlolu, 39, who performs nether the sanction Hoody Baby, pleaded not blameworthy to the same charge.

Prosecutors antecedently said Brown and Akinlolu assaulted producer Abe Diaw astatine a barroom successful the Tape nightclub successful London's swanky Mayfair vicinity successful February 2023. Brown allegedly launched an unprovoked onslaught connected Diaw and deed him respective times with a bottle and past punched and kicked him.

The onslaught was caught connected surveillance camera successful beforehand of a club afloat of people, prosecutors said.

Brown was primitively charged with a azygous number of grievous bodily harm aft his apprehension successful May, but prosecutors subsequently brought an indictment adding 2 counts: battle causing actual bodily harm and having an violative weapon, a bottle.

When a tribunal clerk asked Brown however helium pleaded to the grievous bodily harm count, helium replied: "Not guilty, ma'am."

Brown did not participate pleas connected the further counts and was ordered to instrumentality to tribunal connected July 11 to look those charges after wrapping up the European limb of his satellite tour. His proceedings was scheduled for Oct. 26, 2026.

The vocalist of Go Crazy, Run It and Kiss Kiss was released past period connected a 5 million-pound ($9.26 cardinal Cdn) bail, which allowed him to commencement his Breezy Bowl XX tour earlier this month.

Following his merchandise aft astir a week successful jail, Brown posted connected Instagram: "FROM THE CAGE TO THE STAGE!!! BREEZYBOWL."

Brown, who rapidly roseate to stardom arsenic a teen successful 2005, won his archetypal Grammy for champion R&B medium successful 2011 for F.A.M.E. and then earned his 2nd successful the aforesaid class for 11:11 (Deluxe) earlier this year.

He is presently touring the U.K., playing this play in London with consequent shows successful Ireland, Scotland, France and Portugal. He returns to North America astatine the extremity of July to play Miami, earlier moving crossed the U.S. with a two-night halt in Toronto on the way.