{"id":11182,"date":"2026-07-24T20:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/chris-brown-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-2023-london-club-assault\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:02:55","slug":"chris-brown-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-2023-london-club-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/chris-brown-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-2023-london-club-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge in 2023 London Club Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tChris Brown pleaded guilty to a charge of \u201caffray\u201d (a disturbance of public order due to a public fight) on Friday in London\u2019s Southwark Crown Court on Friday (July 24), saving the 37-year-old singer from more serious charges of assault tied to an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub in 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to BBC News<\/a><\/em>, Brown\u2019s plea of affray was tied to what prosecutors referred to as a \u201cvicious and unprovoked attack\u201d on the victim at private members\u2019 club Tape in the Mayfair neighborhood on Feb. 19, 2023. Prosecutors claimed that Brown approached the victim \u2014 identified as music producer Amadou \u201cAbe\u201d Diaw \u2014\u00a0and struck him over the head with a bottle, with Brown\u2019s 40-year-old vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu (aka Florida rapper Hoody Baby ), reportedly joining in to punch Diaw in the head. <\/p>\n

\n\tAkinlolu also pleaded guilty to affray and also had assault and causing grievous bodily harm charges dropped in Friday\u2019s hearing, which took less than five minutes.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrown was arrested in May 2025 as he arrived in Europe for his Breezy Bowl XX tour and charged with assault, suspicion of grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon (a tequila bottle). Both Brown and Akinlolu had previously pleaded not guilty to the more serious charges last June. Following his arrest, Brown was\u00a0released on $6.75 million bail and allowed to begin his Breezy Bowl XX European dates in Amsterdam last June.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt press time a spokesperson for Brown had not returned Billboard<\/em>\u2018s request for comment on the plea.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis was a disgraceful, unprovoked assault that put a man in hospital,\u201d Metropolitan Police Detective Zara Ripamonti told BBC News<\/em>. \u201cThere is no place for serious violence like this in the London and I\u2019m pleased these men accepted what they did wasn\u2019t just completely unacceptable \u2014 but criminal.
This has been a long investigation and we\u2019ve worked with police colleagues in the UK to bring these two men to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tProsecutors said after Brown allegedly hit Diaw over the head with a bottle, Akinlolu joined in and punched Diaw in the head and the two men \u201ccontinued to assault whilst the victim attempted to flee through the club,\u201d the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement. \u201cThe victim was kicked while he was seated defenseless on the floor.\u201d Diaw was hospitalized and treated for head and knee injuries. Diaw previously filed, and then dropped, a $16 million lawsuit against Brown over the assault; it is unclear why the suit was dropped or if the two men reached an out-of-court settlement.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrown and Akinlolu are due back in court on Oct 26 for a sentencing hearing on the affray charges, which could bring a maximum sentence of three years in prison. Bail conditions set by the judge allow Brown to leave the U.K. ahead of the sentencing, stipulating that he must return by Oct. 25.<\/p>\n


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