Chris Brown pleads guilty to charge over London nightclub altercation
Singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty Friday to the charge of affray three years after he was accused of injuring a music producer in a London nightclub. Brown made the change of plea during a hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court. He had previously denied more serious charges over the 2023 altercation.Prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in return for the guilty plea, according to Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service.
- ▪Singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty Friday to the charge of affray three years after he was accused of injuring a music producer in a London nightclub.
- ▪Brown made the change of plea during a hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court.
- ▪He had previously denied more serious charges over the 2023 altercation.Prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in return for the guilty plea, according to Britain’s Cr
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- ▪ US singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London nightclub incident - Reuters — Google News
- ▪ Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London nightclub incident — ABC News (Australia)
- ▪ Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over nightclub attack in London — BBC News — UK
- ▪ Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over alleged attack at U.K. nightclub — The Globe and Mail
- ▪ Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over an altercation at a London nightclub — ABC News — International
- ▪ US singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray, assault charges to be dropped — Channel NewsAsia
- ▪ Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London club confrontation — the Guardian
- ▪ Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray after Mayfair nightclub incident — The Independent
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Singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty Friday to the charge of affray three years after he was accused of injuring a music producer in a London nightclub. Brown made the change of plea during a hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court. He had previously denied more serious charges over the 2023 altercation.Prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon in return for the guilty plea, according to Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service. 0:30 Chris Brown talks about how he felt like a ‘monster’ after beating Rihanna in new documentary Brown’s co-defendant, Omololu Akinlolu, who performs under the name Hoody Baby, also entered a guilty plea to a charge of affray, which stems from someone who fights another person in a public place.
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