Chris Brown to be sentenced for London nightclub bottle attack

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 06:31 · Archive

Singer Chris Brown will be sentenced on 26 October for affray after pleading guilty to attacking a music producer with a bottle at a London nightclub in February 2023.

Chris Brown, 37, will be sentenced on 26 October for affray after pleading guilty to attacking music producer Abraham Diaw with a bottle at Tape nightclub in London's Mayfair neighbourhood in February 2023. The attack was captured on surveillance camera in front of club patrons. Brown initially denied the charge, but prosecutors dropped more serious assault charges—including grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon—in return for the guilty plea.

Brown's vocal coach and friend Omololu Akinlolu also pleaded guilty to affray and will be sentenced at the same hearing. The affray charge carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison. Brown left the United Kingdom after the incident but was arrested in May 2025 at a Manchester hotel after arriving for a concert. He was released on bail of 5 million pounds, which had previously allowed him to tour Europe and North America, and was freed on bail again on Friday.

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In this story: Chris Brown · Abraham Diaw · Omololu Akinlolu · Tape nightclub · Southwark Crown Court · London · Mayfair

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