Singer Chris Brown to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London nightclub

Singer Chris Brown to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London nightclub Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is to be sentenced Monday over brawling at a London nightclub in 2003 October 26, 2026, AM Share Follow ABC News on Google LONDON -- Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is to be sentenced Monday over brawling at a London nightclub three years ago. Brown, 37, pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court in July for attacking a music producer with a bottle on the head. Brown had denied attacking Abraham Diaw with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023. But prosecutors said the fight was caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people. In return for the guilty plea, prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon, a bottle. Brown's friend and vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu also pleaded guilty to affray. He will be sentenced too. Brown left the United Kingdom after the brawl but was arrested in May 2025 at a Manchester hotel after flying to the city for a concert. Amy Acton says Trump, Vance should 'look at the facts' after Ramaswamy attack ad 8 hours ago Many feared trapped as a tall building collapses in Kenya Oct 23 Airman killed rappelling from Alamodome's ceiling in Salute to Armed Forces ceremony Oct 19 Brown had been free on bail of 5 million pounds ($6.7 million), which allowed him to tour Europe and North America last summer. He was freed on bail again Friday and will be sentenced Oct. 26 on the affray charge, which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison. Brown, who rose to stardom as a teen in 2005, won his first Grammy for best R&B album in 2011 for “F. E.” He earned his second in the same category for “ (Deluxe)” in 2025. He has been in repeated legal trouble since his felony conviction in the 2009 assault of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, hours before the pair were due to perform at the Grammys. He has been arrested in several U. S. states over altercations, and in 2019 he was arrested in Paris and questioned on suspicion of rape. He was released without charge.