Chris Brown pleads guilty in London bottle attack case, avoiding trial

Grammy-winning R&B prima Chris Brown connected Friday reversed his not blameworthy plea successful the transgression lawsuit successful which helium is accused of attacking a euphony shaper with a vessel of tequila astatine a London nightclub successful 2023.

The 37-year-old vocalist pleaded blameworthy to his engagement successful the incidental arsenic helium entered a alteration of plea during a proceeding astatine London’s Southwark Crown Court, the Associated Press reported.

Brown was arrested successful May 2025 connected on suspicion of causing “grievous bodily harm,” a number that officials said astatine the clip originated from a 2023 “incident astatine a venue successful Hanover Square.” During his arraignment a period later, Brown pleaded not blameworthy to 1 number of attempting to unlawfully and maliciously origin grievous bodily harm with intent. Brown besides faced charges of battle causing existent bodily harm and having an violative weapon, a bottle.

A typical for Chris Brown did not instantly respond connected Friday to a petition for comment.

Prosecutors, successful instrumentality for Brown’s blameworthy plea, dropped the charges of assault, attempting to origin grievous bodily harm and the violative limb charge. Brown’s person Omololu Akinlolu ((who performs arsenic HoodyBaby) was charged past twelvemonth with causing grievous bodily harm for his alleged engagement successful the 2023 incident. He besides pleaded blameworthy connected Friday.

Brown and Akinlolu were acceptable to basal proceedings successful October.

Prosecutors accused Brown of attacking euphony shaper Amadou “Abe” Diaw with a vessel of tequila astatine nightclub Tape London successful February 2023. The accusations against Brown echoed allegations from a civilian suit Diaw filed successful Los Angeles against the instrumentalist successful October 2023. He sued Brown for battle and artillery and intentional infliction of affectional distress, claiming successful tribunal documents that the vocalist “brutally assaulted” him by “beating him implicit the head” and that helium “continued to ruthlessly stomp” connected him arsenic helium laic unconscious connected the nightclub level aft the vessel attack.

“This benignant of unit is wholly unacceptable, and the Crown Prosecution Service volition enactment tirelessly — with the constabulary and partners crossed the transgression justness strategy — to prosecute cases similar this, and beryllium that nary 1 is supra the law,” Claire Campbell, a elder authoritative with the Crown Prosecution Service, said during Friday’s hearing, according to AP.

Brown is presently performing with Usher connected their associated North American stadium tour. The singers volition instrumentality implicit Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium connected Sept. 25 and 26.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.