Chris Brown pleads guilty to bottle attack at London nightclub
Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to a bottle attack at a London nightclub.
The 37-year-old admitted to affray following the incident at Tape, a private members’ club in Mayfair, in February 2023.
According to the BBC, the singer entered his guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court on July 24th and will be sentenced on October 26th.
The plea comes with the dismissal of charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, and having an offensive weapon.
Brown was accused of hitting a man in the head with a glass bottle before he was chased, pushed to the floor and kicked.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police’s Detective Constable Zara Ripamonti said, “This was a disgraceful, unprovoked assault that put a man in hospital. There is no place for serious violence like this in the London and I’m pleased these men accepted what they did wasn’t just completely unacceptable – but criminal.”
She added, “This has been a long investigation, and we’ve worked with police colleagues in the UK to bring these two men to justice.”
In addition to Brown, his vocal coach, 40-year-old Omololu Akinlolu, also pleaded guilty to affray. Senior crown prosecutor Claire Campbell said that it 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.”
She continued, “This kind of violence is entirely unacceptable, and the Crown Prosecution Service will work tirelessly – with the police and partners across the criminal justice system – to pursue cases like this, and prove that no one is above the law.”
Brown released his latest album, Brown, in May, with features from NBA YoungBoy, GloRilla, Sexyy Red, Bryson Tiller, and Vybz Kartel. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200.