Singer Chris Brown has pleaded not responsible to trying to trigger grievous bodily hurt over an alleged bottle assault at a London nightclub two years in the past.
The US R&B star was arrested at a lodge in Manchester by Metropolitan Police detectives final month, after the singer flew to town by non-public jet in preparation for his world tour.
The 36-year-old stated he had gone “from the cage to the stage” after he was launched on bail in time for the tour.
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The musician had been remanded in custody following an preliminary listening to at Manchester Magistrates’ Court docket however was freed forward of his court docket look after paying a £5m safety price to the court docket.
Brown was charged with grievous bodily hurt following an alleged assault at a London nightclub named Tape in 2023.
His codefendant, US nationwide Omololu Akinlolu, who performs below the title Hoody Child, pleaded not responsible to the identical cost at Southwark Crown Court docket.
Each defendants are additional charged with assaulting Mr Diaw occasioning him precise bodily hurt, with Brown additionally going through one depend of getting an offensive weapon – a bottle – in a public place. They weren’t requested to enter pleas to these costs, with an extra court docket listening to set for 11 July.
Final month, Manchester Magistrates Court docket heard Abraham Diaw was standing on the bar of the nightclub when he was struck a number of instances with a bottle, earlier than being pursued to a separate space of the venue, the place he was punched and kicked repeatedly.
Round 20 folks sat within the public gallery behind the dock for the listening to, lots of them followers of Brown.
The singer arrived round 9am to a big group of photographers exterior court docket and walked to the constructing’s entrance in silence.
A trial date has been set for 26 October 2026.
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