LONDON — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not responsible Friday to a cost associated to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, pleaded not responsible in Southwark Crown Court docket to 1 depend of making an attempt to trigger grievous bodily hurt with intent.
Brown’s pal and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who performs beneath the identify “Hoody Child,” pleaded not responsible to the identical cost.
Prosecutors stated Brown and Akinlolu assaulted producer Abe Diaw at a bar within the Tape nightclub within the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023. Brown allegedly launched an unprovoked assault on Diaw and hit him a number of instances with a bottle after which punched and kicked him.
The assault was caught on surveillance digital camera in entrance of a membership full of individuals, prosecutors stated.
Brown was launched final month on 5 million-pound ($6.75 million) bail, which allowed him to start out his world tour earlier this month.
Brown, who burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005, gained his first Grammy for finest R&B album in 2011 for “F.A.M.E.” after which earned his second in the identical class for “11:11 (Deluxe)” earlier this yr.
His hits embrace songs reminiscent of “Run It,” “Kiss Kiss” and “With out You.”
His tour is because of kick off June 8 in Amsterdam earlier than beginning North America exhibits in July.
