Chris Brown spared jail over UK nightclub incident

US singer Chris Brown was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for a year, at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday, 26 October, after pleading guilty to affray over an attack on music producer Abraham Diaw at the Tape nightclub in February 2023. Brown had denied charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and assault causing actual bodily harm. Judge Tony Baumgartner said the violence was serious and public, and that Brown struck Diaw twice on the head with a bottle. Prosecutors described the attack as vicious and unprovoked. Brown's vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, 40, also pleaded guilty to affray and received a four-month suspended sentence. Brown's lawyer said he apologised to those at the club. Police said the attack put a man in hospital. Brown had been released on a £5 million guarantee in May 2025, allowing his tour to proceed.

Where accounts differ. ABC reports that Brown's defence said the attack lasted no more than 20 seconds and that the judge cited stable employment and charity work as mitigation, details absent from the other outlets.

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