Chris Brown enters plea in nightclub attack case after smashing tequila bottle on producer’s head
Chris Brown pleaded guilty to affray in a London court Friday following a 2023 nightclub attack.
The “Forever” singer and his co-defendant, rapper and vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, entered the same plea in a five-minute hearing at Southwark Crown Court, according to the BBC.
A charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and a charge of having an offensive weapon were dropped.
Brown, 37, was freed on bail on Friday, per the BBC.
He will be sentenced on Oct. 26 for the affray charge, which carries a maximum jail time of three years.
The Grammy Award winner was flanked by security guards when he arrived at the courthouse, where a group of fans gathered outside, according to The Guardian.
Brown wore a tan suit, gold-rimmed sunglasses and a St Louis Cardinals baseball hat.
In May 2025, Brown was arrested two years after he allegedly hit music producer Abe Diaw with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub.
He was detained at the five-star Lowry Hotel on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, for which he was later charged, per NBC News.
Brown, who initially denied attacking Diaw, posted a £5 million bail ($6.75 million), which allowed him to go on his Breezy Bowl XX tour in Europe and North America last summer.
In October 2023, Diaw filed a lawsuit against Brown, claiming the “Kiss Kiss” singer had assaulted him eight months prior.
The producer alleged Brown “inflicted severe and lasting injuries” on him after “beating him over the head” with a bottle of Don Julio 1942 in February 2023 at the Tape London nightclub.
Brown then allegedly proceeded to “ruthlessly stomp on” Diaw and kick him in the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious for 30 seconds.
Diaw claimed in the suit the “crushing blows” sent him to the hospital with “lacerations on his head and torn ligaments in his leg.”
Additionally, Diaw accused Brown of partaking in “defamatory conduct by spreading false rumors” about him and his clients after the incident, including calling him a thief to hurt his professional relationships.
Brown has had multiple legal issues over the last 20 years.
Last month, Brown was ordered to pay his former housekeeper $13 million after she was brutally attacked by his 200-pound dog in 2020.
Brown, who testified in the case, claimed he left the scene of the dog attack because he wanted to avoid causing a media frenzy or his voice being heard on a 911 call.
His most famous legal scandal happened in 2009, when he pleaded guilty to felony assault for brutally beating his then-girlfriend, Rihanna.