{"id":895294,"date":"2026-10-26T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895294\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:16:11","slug":"chris-brown-avoids-prison-time-for-brawling-at-a-london-nightclub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895294\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown avoids prison time for brawling at a London nightclub"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown avoided prison time Monday for beating a music producer with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub three years ago.<\/p>\n

Brown was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for a year.<\/p>\n

Brown, 37, had faced up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a count of affray in July for the attack on the dance floor of Tape, a private club in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023.<\/p>\n

Affray is the use or threat of unlawful violence that leads someone to fear for their safety.<\/p>\n

\"R&B<\/p>\n

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown court for being sentenced over a nightclub attack in London, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

AP Photo\/Alberto Pezzali<\/p>\n

Video footage played in court showed Brown having to be pulled away from the victim, his former friend Abraham Diaw, after striking him twice in the head with a bottle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe repeated use of a glass bottle in that way, especially aimed at the head, was plainly dangerous, it carried the risk of delivering a more serious injury than was ultimately sustained,\u201d Judge Tony Baumgartner said.<\/p>\n

Despite the seriousness of the attack, Baumgartner said Brown did not qualify for a custodial sentence because he pleaded guilty and there were several mitigating circumstances. The judge acknowledged Brown\u2019s previous convictions but said he had maintained a clean record in recent years.<\/p>\n

Brown left the United Kingdom after the brawl but was arrested in May 2025 at a Manchester hotel after flying to the city for a concert. He had been free on bail of 5 million pounds ($6.7 million), which allowed him to tour Europe and North America last summer.<\/p>\n

Brown, who rose to stardom as a teen in 2005, won his first Grammy for best R&B album in 2011 for \u201cF.A.M.E.\u201d He earned his second in the same category for \u201c11:11 (Deluxe)\u201d in 2025.<\/p>\n

He has been in repeated legal trouble since his felony conviction in the 2009 assault of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, hours before the pair were due to perform at the Grammys.<\/p>\n

He has been arrested in several U.S. states over altercations, and in 2019 he was arrested in Paris and questioned on suspicion of rape. He was released without charge.<\/p>\n

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