R&B singer Chris Brown avoids jail for hitting producer with bottle in club
R&B star Chris Brown has avoided jail after hitting a producer “several times” with a tequila bottle in a “vicious” attack at a London club.
TL;DR
- Chris Brown was sentenced to an eight-month suspended sentence for affray at London's Southwark Crown Court.
- The conviction stems from a "vicious" attack in February 2023 at Tape nightclub where Brown hit producer Abe Diaw with a tequila bottle.
- Diaw sustained head and knee injuries and required hospital treatment.
- Brown's vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, also received a suspended sentence for his role in the incident.
- This is not Brown's first encounter with the law; he has prior assault convictions from 2009 and 2013.