LONDON— Grammy-winning vocalist Chris Brown begged innocent Friday to a cost connected to the major pounding of a songs manufacturer with a container in a London club in 2023.
Brown, 36, putting on a blue fit, white t shirt and black-rimmed glasses, was arraigned in London’s Southwark Crown Court on one matter of trying to illegally and maliciously trigger calamitous physical injury with intent.
Brown’s buddy and fellow artist Omololu Akinlolu, 39, that does under the name “Hoody Infant,” begged innocent to the exact same cost.
District attorneys formerly stated Brown and Akinlolu attacked manufacturer Abe Diaw at a bar in the Tape club in the fancy Mayfair area in February 2023. Brownish purportedly introduced an unwarranted assault on Diaw and struck him a number of times with a container and after that punched and kicked him.
The assault was captured on security cam before a club packed with individuals, district attorneys stated.
Brown was initially billed with a solitary matter of calamitous physical injury after his apprehension in Might, yet district attorneys consequently brought a charge including 2 matters: attack triggering real physical injury and having an offending tool, a container.
When a notary asked Brown exactly how he begged to the calamitous physical injury matter, he responded: “Innocent ma’am.”
Brown did not get in appeals on the added matters and was bought to go back to court July 11 to encounter those costs after completing the European leg of his globe scenic tour. His test was set up for Oct. 26 2026.
The vocalist of “Freak out,” “Run It,” and “Kiss Kiss” was launched last month on a 5 million-pound ($ 6.75 million) bond, which permitted him to begin his “Breezy Dish XX” scenic tour previously this month.
Following his launch after nearly a week behind bars, Brown published on Instagram: “FROM THE CAGE TO THE PHASE!!! BREEZYBOWL.”
Brown, that rapidly climbed to fame as a teenager in 2005, won his initial Grammy for finest R&B cd in 2011 for “F.A.M.E.” and after that gained his 2nd in the exact same group for “11:11 (Deluxe)” previously this year.
He is presently exploring the U.K., playing this weekend break in London with succeeding programs in Ireland, Scotland, France and Portugal. He goes back to The United States and Canada at the end of July to play Miami, prior to crossing the united state with a two-night drop in Toronto in the process.
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