Chris Brown pleaded not responsible in a London courtroom after being charged in a nightclub bottle assault case involving music producer Abraham Diaw.

Chris Brown appeared in a London courtroom Friday (June 20) and pleaded not responsible to a cost of making an attempt to trigger grievous bodily hurt stemming from an alleged bottle assault at a nightclub in February 2023.

The 36-year-old singer and performer arrived at Southwark Crown Courtroom simply hours after performing in Cardiff, wearing a blue go well with and outsized sun shades.

Prosecutors allege Brown assaulted music producer Abraham Diaw at Tape nightclub in London, the place Diaw was reportedly struck with a bottle after which “punched and kicked” a number of instances.

Brown’s co-defendant, Omololu Akinlolu—identified professionally as Hoody Child—additionally entered a not-guilty plea to the identical cost in the course of the listening to.

Along with the tried grievous bodily hurt cost, Brown faces two different counts: assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and possession of an offensive weapon.

The courtroom postponed arraignment on these costs till July 11, giving Brown extra time earlier than getting into a plea.

The choose scheduled the trial to start on October 26, 2026.

Brown was first arrested on Could 15 in Manchester when he arrived in the UK to kick off the U.Ok. leg of his Breezy Bowl tour.

Regardless of the arrest, he went on to carry out in the identical metropolis simply days later, the place he addressed the gang with a tongue-in-cheek comment: “Thanks for coming and supporting me. And thanks to the jail…It was very nice.”

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