US singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in UK assault case

American R&B singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded no longer guilty in a UK court docket to a price stemming from an alleged London nightclub brawl in 2023.

Brown, 36, carrying a unhappy swimsuit and tie as successfully as glasses, stood within the dock in London because the price used to be set apart to him, replying: “Now not guilty, ma’am.”

The singer, who's on £5 million ($6.7 million) bail, waved to other folks within the general public gallery as he left, following his plea to allegedly attempting to cause inaccurate bodily rupture with intent.

A five to seven-day long trial used to be scheduled to originate up on October 26, 2026.

The singer used to be held in custody for a almost a week in Might presumably maybe presumably after he used to be arrested within the northwestern metropolis of Manchester. He used to be later released on bail.

Below the terms of his bail, he'll forfeit the £5 million guarantee if he fails to reach attend for court docket complaints.

He used to be also given the chase-ahead to proceed his scheduled international tour which started on June 8 in Amsterdam.

The important particular person, who had a anxious relationship with Barbadian singer Rihanna, is on the UK leg of his tour, alongside with his next date in London on Saturday.

Brown is charged with attempting to cause inaccurate bodily rupture with intent in terms of an assault in which the sufferer used to be allegedly struck several times with a bottle earlier than being pursued, punched and kicked.

The alleged incident took space at a nightclub in Hanover Sq. in London on February 19, 2023 while Brown used to be touring within the UK.

– Grammy winner –

Police detained him within the early hours of Might presumably maybe presumably 13 at a five-important particular person resort in Manchester after he reportedly flew in by non-public jet.

Assorted bail terms embody that he need to peaceful resign his passport if he is no longer travelling.

He's also required to dwell at a particular address acknowledged to the court docket and is rarely always accredited to chat over with the nightclub had been the alleged assault took space or contact the alleged sufferer, Abraham Diah.

He appeared within the dock with co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, a US national, with whom he is collectively charged.

Akinlolu also entered a no longer guilty plea to the same price of attempting to cause inaccurate bodily rupture with intent.

Both males are also collectively charged with assault occasioning actual bodily rupture.

They will enter pleas to that price on July 11, the court docket used to be knowledgeable.

Brown also faces a third price of getting an offensive weapon, a bottle, in public.

The Grammy-winning singer is acknowledged for mid-2000s hits equivalent to “Kiss, Kiss”.

He rose from a neighborhood church choir in Virginia to unexpected fame alongside with his rich R&B narrate and later rap, but his reputation has been tarnished by the allegations of abuse.

He also are also scheduled to manufacture in France, Portugal and the US later within the one year, earlier than the tour wraps up in Memphis in mid-October.