Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, pleaded not guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in Southwark Crown Court.
Chris Brown appears at Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, on June 20, 2025. REUTERS
Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to a charge in London. Getty Images
Music producer Abraham Diaw in London on June 20, 2025. Getty ImagesBrown’s friend and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who performs under the name “Hoody Baby,” pleaded not guilty to the same charge.
Chris Brown is all smiles in London on Friday, June 20, 2025. REUTERSProsecutors said Brown and Akinlolu assaulted producer Abe Diaw at a bar in the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023.
Brown allegedly launched an unprovoked attack on Diaw and hit him several times with a bottle and then punched and kicked him.
Chris Brown at Tape nightclub in 2023. tapeclub/TikTok
Brown has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was an “unprovoked attack” on a music producer at the Tape nightclub in central London in 2023. Google MapsThe attack was caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people, prosecutors said.
