5 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 06:13, updated 17 h ago
US singer Chris Brown spared jail for UK nightclub attack
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A London court on Monday sentenced US singer Chris Brown, 37, to an eight-month sentence suspended for 12 months, after he pleaded guilty in July to affray over a February 2023 attack on music producer Abraham Diaw with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in London's Mayfair district. Prosecutors described the attack as "a vicious and unprovoked attack" that lasted around 20 seconds and was caught on surveillance cameras. Judge Tony Baumgartner said Brown's fame did not entitle him to special treatment. Brown's vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, 40, who also pleaded guilty to affray, was spared an immediate jail sentence. Metropolitan Police said violence would not be accepted on London's streets. Brown's lawyer said he was profoundly sorry. Fans cheered as he left court. Brown was arrested in May 2025 and released on £5 million bail.
Where accounts differ. The Express Tribune reports Brown was spared jail with a suspended sentence, while Ada Derana and Gulf News report that he faces a possible term of up to three years, a maximum sentence for the charge, without stating the sentence handed down.
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