Chris Brown pleads not responsible to 2023 nightclub bottle assault cost in U.Ok. court docket

LONDON — Singer Chris Brown has pleaded not responsible to a cost in reference to an alleged 2023 London nightclub assault and can face trial later this 12 months.

Brown, sporting a navy blue, three-piece swimsuit, appeared in individual at London’s Southwark Crown to enter a not responsible plea to 1 rely of making an attempt to trigger “grievous bodily hurt” in reference to a February 2023 altercation, the place he allegedly attacked a music producer with a bottle. He’s additionally charged with one rely of assault and one rely of possessing an offensive weapon and can enter pleas on these costs at a later listening to.

When requested for his plea, he mentioned: “Not responsible, ma’am.”

Omololu Akinlolu, an American rapper who performs underneath the title “Hoody Child,” additionally pleaded not responsible to the identical cost of making an attempt to trigger “grievous bodily hurt.”

Akinlolu and Brown are each accused of attacking music producer Abe Diaw at Tape nightclub in London’s upmarket Mayfair district.

Brown, 36, was arrested at a Manchester resort final month as he ready for a sequence of reveals within the nation. He faces a jail sentence of between two and 16 years if he’s convicted.

The pair seems in court docket once more in July, and their trial date has been set for Oct. 26.

The singer was remanded in custody after an preliminary listening to at Manchester Magistrates’ Courtroom final month however was later freed after paying a 5 million pound bond ($6.7 million).

Brown’s tour has began whatever the authorized case, kicking off in Manchester on June 15. He performed in Cardiff on Thursday.

He’ll play the 60,000-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, adopted by dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Eire and the U.S.