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Glasgow Times
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Chris Brown arrives at court to enter plea over ‘bottle attack' charge
The American musician, wearing a dark blue suit, walked towards the entrance of Southwark Crown Court in silence past a large group of photographers. The 36-year-old, accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Abraham Diaw in February 2023, will appear alongside a co-defendant, US national Omololu Akinlolu, 38, for a plea and trial preparation hearing. The singer walked past a large group of photographers (Jonathan Brady/PA) The Go Crazy singer, who was able to continue his international tour after he was freed on conditional bail last month, performed in Cardiff on Thursday night. He had to pay a £5 million security fee to the court as part of the bail agreement, which is a financial guarantee to ensure a defendant returns to court and may be forfeited if they breach bail conditions. Brown and Akinlolu have been charged over an incident at the Tape venue in Hanover Square, Mayfair, on February 19 2023. Manchester Magistrates' Court heard last month that Mr Diaw was standing at the bar of the nightclub when he was struck several times with a bottle, and was then pursued to a separate area of the venue where he was punched and kicked repeatedly. Brown was arrested at Manchester's Lowry Hotel at 2am on May 15 this year by detectives from the Metropolitan Police. He is said to have flown into Manchester Airport on a private jet in preparation for the UK tour dates. He was released from HMP Forest Bank in Salford, Greater Manchester, on May 21. Shortly after being released from prison, the musician posted an Instagram story referencing his upcoming tour. It said: 'FROM THE CAGE TO THE STAGE!!! BREEZYBOWL.'
ITV News
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- ITV News
R&B singer Chris Brown pleads not guility to 'bottle attack' charge
R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub. The Grammy-winning musician, 36, is accused of attempting to unlawfully and maliciously cause grievous bodily harm with intent to Abraham Diaw at the Tape venue in Hanover Square, Mayfair, on February 19 2023. He appeared alongside his co-defendant, US national Omololu Akinlolu, 38 to enter his plea at the trial preparation hearing. The US singer has continued his international tour, appearing in Cardiff on Thursday night, after he was bailed for a security fee of £5 million. Manchester Magistrates' Court heard last month that Mr Diaw was standing at the bar of the nightclub when he was struck several times with a bottle, and was then pursued to a separate area of the venue where he was punched and kicked repeatedly. Brown was arrested at Manchester's Lowry Hotel at 2am on May 15 this year by detectives from the Metropolitan Police. He is said to have flown into Manchester Airport on a private jet in preparation for the UK tour dates. He was released from HMP Forest Bank in Salford, Greater Manchester, on May 21. Shortly after being released from prison, the musician posted an Instagram story referencing his upcoming tour. It said: 'FROM THE CAGE TO THE STAGE!!! BREEZYBOWL.'
Belfast Telegraph
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Chris Brown pleads not guilty to ‘bottle attack' charge
R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub. The American musician, 36, is accused of attempting to unlawfully and maliciously cause grievous bodily harm with intent to Abraham Diaw at the Tape venue in Hanover Square, Mayfair, on February 19 2023.
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Chris Brown enters not guilty plea over alleged bottle attack at London club
The American musician Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub. Brown, 36, is accused of attempting to unlawfully and maliciously cause Abraham Diaw grievous bodily harm with intent at the Tape club in Hanover Square, Mayfair. At a plea and trial preparation hearing at Southwark crown court on Friday morning, his co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, a US national, denied the same charge. Both defendants are further charged with assaulting Diaw occasioning him actual bodily harm in the incident on 19 February 2023, and Brown also faces one count of having an offensive weapon – a bottle – in a public place. They were not asked to enter pleas to those charges, and a further court date was set for 11 July. A five- to seven-day trial was scheduled to start from 26 October 2026. Brown arrived at court at 9am to a large group of photographers outside and walked in silence to the building's entrance. About 20 people sat in the public gallery behind the dock, many of them fans of the singer. The Grammy-winning singer was arrested after flying into the UK for the Breezy Bowl XX tour. He was detained by police at about 2am on 15 May at the five-star Lowry hotel in Salford, Greater Manchester. Brown was able to continue with his scheduled international tour after he was freed on conditional bail having agreed to pay a £5m security fee to the court. He performed in Cardiff on Thursday night and is due to play two nights in London this weekend before heading to Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow, followed by dates in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe.
New York Times
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Chris Brown Free to Play World Tour After Not Guilty Plea
Chris Brown, the Grammy-winning R&B singer, appeared on Friday in a London courthouse and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man in a nightclub in the city. Tony Baumgartner, the presiding judge, said that Mr. Brown would face a trial of between five and seven days, starting in October next year, on a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent. After a court hearing last month, Mr. Brown posted bail of 5 million pounds, about $6.7 million, allowing him to travel outside Britain and continue a world tour that takes in North American dates, including two nights in August at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. During Friday's heading, prosecutors did not ask for any changes to the bail conditions. In the courthouse, Mr. Brown sat in a plexiglass box wearing a blue suit and glasses, and listened to a court official describe a February 2023 encounter in which the singer is accused of attacking Abraham Diaw, a music producer, with a tequila bottle in a London nightclub. Mr. Brown then pleaded not guilty. Omololu Akinlolu, 38, an American rapper who performs under the name HoodyBaby and is Mr. Brown's vocal coach, also pleaded not guilty in relation to the episode. Mr. Brown's legal team requested a delay before he entered pleas on two further charges: assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and carrying an offensive weapon. Sallie Bennett-Jenkins, Mr. Brown's lawyer, said that she needed time to assess evidence that the prosecution had only recently provided. The judge said the court would reconvene on July 11 to hear those pleas. Under British law, media outlets cannot report any details of a case that could prejudice a jury before trial. After the 28-minute hearing, Mr. Brown walked out of the courtroom while waving to around two dozen fans in the public gallery, several of whom shouted, 'Love you, Chris!' The court appearance occurred in the middle of the European leg of the American singer's world tour. At a concert in Manchester on Sunday, Mr. Brown thanked fans as well as the nearby jail where he stayed after his arrest last month. 'It was really nice,' Mr. Brown said, according to a report by the BBC. Since releasing his debut single in 2005, Mr. Brown has been one of R&B's best-known performers with 17 Billboard top 10 hits, the most recent of which was 'Go Crazy' in 2020.
