The American singer of R&B Chris Brown, charged in the United Kingdom for bodily injury following an incident in 2023 in a nightclub, will remain in detention until the next hearing, scheduled in mid-June, decided on Friday.
Rapper Chris Brown Photo: People.com
Rihanna’s ex-boyfriend, who faced numerous accusations of violence in the past, was arrested on Thursday morning in a hotel in Manchester and later charged, being suspected of aggression in a club in a Select neighborhood of London in February 2023.
The court in this city in northern England decided on Friday that the 36 -year -old artist would remain in detention until the next appearance, on June 13th.
On June 8, Chris Brown was about to start a new world tour, with shows in the Netherlands and Germany, followed by about 10 concerts in the United Kingdom, in June and July.
The London police had previously announced, without confirming the singer’s name, that he arrested “A 36-year-old man (…) in a hotel in Manchester, Thursday, May 15, shortly after 2:00 (01:00 GMT), under the suspicion of serious bodily injury.”
According to The Sun tabloid, who reported the information, Chris Brown – known for the hits “Run it!“and”Kiss Kiss’ and rewarded with two Grammy prizes – had arrived at Manchester for a short time on a private plane.
His accusation “It is related to an aggression spent on February 19, 2023 in a place in Hanover Square ”, In the Select Mayfair neighborhood in London, according to the British police.
According to The Sun, The Sun, Chris Brown is accused of musical producer Abe Diaw of attacked him that night in the Tape. Abe Diaw claims that Brown threw it in his head and then hit it while he was on the ground.
The singer, who started his career in the 2000s and sold tens of millions of discs worldwide, was at that time in the UK.
Past violent
Over the years, Chris Brown has been frequently involved in lawsuits in the United States.
In 2009, he was convicted for hitting his partner since then, singer Rihanna, who had to cancel her participation in the Grammy Awards Gala.
In 2012, the artist was involved in an altercation in an nightclub with the R&B Drake singer, an incident after which the French basketball player Tony Parker was injured.
A few years later, in 2014, Brown pleaded guilty to assault a fan at Washington.
At the beginning of 2025, he filed a trial against Warner Bros. Discovery and other companies behind a documentary entitled “Chris Brown: A History of Violence”, which was broadcast in October 2024 on the Investigation Discovery channel. The R&B soloist demands damages of $ 500 million.
