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U.S. \u200bsinger Chris Brown pleaded guilty on Friday to an assault charge over what prosecutors \u200cdescribed as a bottle attack on a producer in a London nightclub three years ago, with more serious assault charges dropped.<\/p>\n
Brown, 37, and his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, 40, stood in the dock at London’s Southwark Crown Court and \u200bspoke only to confirm their names and their guilty pleas over the incident at London’s Tape \u200bnightclub in February 2023.<\/p>\n
The pair had been charged with\u00a0attempting\u00a0to inflict grievous bodily \u2060harm and a less serious charge of\u00a0assault\u00a0causing actual bodily harm to Abraham Diaw, which the pair \u200bhad denied and were due to go to trial in October.<\/p>\n
Brown and Akinlolu pleaded guilty to the \u200bcharge of affray, admitting they “used or threatened unlawful violence” against someone who would reasonably fear for their safety. <\/p>\n
Prosecutor Heidi Stonecliffe said the other charges would not \u200bproceed to trial and Brown and Akinlolu were granted bail ahead of their sentencing at the same \u200bcourt on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n
The maximum sentence for affray is three years’ imprisonment and Judge Tony Baumgartner said that “all options” would \u200cbe \u2060open to the court.<\/p>\n
Claire Campbell from the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement: “This was a vicious and unprovoked attack by Brown and Akinlolu in a crowded nightclub where Brown used a glass bottle as a weapon to strike the victim’s head twice.<\/p>\n
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Fans cheered Brown’s appearance, chanting ‘Breezy! Breezy!’ as he signed autographs. (Stefan Rousseau\/PA via The Associated Press)<\/p>\n
“This kind of violence is entirely unacceptable, and \u200bthe Crown Prosecution Service \u200bwill work tirelessly \u2014 with \u2060the police and partners across the criminal justice system \u2014 to pursue cases like this, and prove that no one is above the law.”<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had alleged Brown \u200blaunched an “unprovoked attack” on Diaw with a tequila bottle, with Akinlolu and Brown \u200bsaid to \u2060have continued to attack Diaw as he tried to flee.<\/p>\n
He was arrested in May 2025 having returned to Britain for the first time since the incident and initially\u00a0denied\u00a0bail, throwing his worldwide “Breezy Bowl XX” tour into doubt.<\/p>\n