LONDON — Chris Brown appeared in a London court docket on Friday (June 20) to plead not responsible to a cost of significant assault.
The Grammy Award-winning singer is going through a number of fees in relation to an alleged bodily dispute with a music producer. The alleged incident passed off in a nightclub in Mayfair, London in February 2023.
Brown has been charged with one rely of unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily hurt with intent, and extra counts of assault inflicting precise bodily hurt, and having an offensive weapon, a bottle.
The 36-year-old artist appeared at Southwark’s Crown Courtroom in relation to the GBH rely, and responded “not responsible, ma’am” to the court docket clerk when requested to enter his plea.
Brown was arrested by police in Manchester on Might 15 as he arrived in Europe for his Breezy Bowl XX tour which incorporates a number of stops within the U.Ok., together with at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (June 21) and Manchester’s Co-op Reside (June 24, July 3).
Following his arrest, Brown was released on bail at $6.75 million and allowed to start his Breezy Bowl XX European dates in Amsterdam (June 8). On Might 21, Brown made his first public statement on the case, posting on his Instagram “FROM THE CAGE TO THE STAGE!!!” after spending every week behind bars in custody.
Brown was ordered to return to court docket on July 11 to enter his plea on the extra counts. A trial date was set for Oct. 26. 2026.
Prosecutors allege that Brown and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu, who performs underneath the identify “Hoody Child,” assaulted producer Abe Diaw at Tape nightclub in London. It’s alleged that Brown launched an unprovoked assault on Diaw, and hit him a number of occasions with a bottle and continued to punch and kick him. Akinlolu additionally pleaded not responsible to the identical cost.
Brown’s Breezy Bowl XX’s European leg will conclude in Portimão, Portugal on July 9. He’ll then tour North American stadiums by way of the summer time, commencing at Miami’s LoanDepot Park on July 30.