Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not responsible Friday to a cost associated to the intense beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, pleaded not responsible in Southwark Crown Court to at least one rely of making an attempt to trigger grievous bodily hurt with intent.
Brown’s good friend and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who performs below the title “Hoody Baby,” pleaded not responsible to the identical cost.
Prosecutors mentioned 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 occasions with a bottle after which punched and kicked him.
The assault was caught on surveillance digicam in entrance of a membership full of individuals, prosecutors mentioned.
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, received 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 12 months.
His hits embrace songs reminiscent of “Run It,” “Kiss Kiss” and “Without You.”
His tour is because of kick off June 8 in Amsterdam earlier than beginning North America exhibits in July.
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