U.S. singer and actor Chris Brown pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of affray at London's Southwark Crown Court. The charge relates to an attack on music producer Abraham Diaw at the Tape nightclub in Hanover Square, Mayfair, in February 2023.
Brown, 37, and co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, 40, admitted to using or threatening unlawful violence that would cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for their personal safety. Prosecutors described the incident as an unprovoked attack in which the music producer was beaten with a tequila bottle.
Following the guilty pleas, prosecutors announced they would not proceed with more serious charges, including attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and assault causing actual bodily harm, which the pair had previously denied. Both Brown and Akinlolu are scheduled to be sentenced at the same court on October 26.