Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over alleged attack at U.K. nightclub
Open this photo in gallery:U.S. singer Chris Brown leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, Friday.Toby Melville/ReutersShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountU.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded guilty to a charge of affray…
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:U.S. singer Chris Brown leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, Friday.Toby Melville/ReutersShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountU.S. singer Chris Brown on Frid
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- ▪ Chris Brown pleads guilty to charge over London nightclub altercation — Global News
- ▪ 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 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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Open this photo in gallery:U.S. singer Chris Brown leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, Friday.Toby Melville/ReutersShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountU.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded guilty to a charge of affray relating to an alleged attack on a music producer in a London nightclub three years ago, with prosecutors saying they would not proceed with more serious assault charges.Brown, 37, and his co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, 40, stood in the dock at London’s Southwark Crown Court and spoke only to confirm their names and their guilty pleas over the incident with Abraham Diaw in London’s Tape nightclub in February, 2023.The pair had been charged with more serious offences of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm…
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