Chris Brown cheered by fans outside court after receiving suspended sentence for London nightclub bottle attack
Chris Brown, who admitted affray after striking a producer twice with a tequila bottle at a Mayfair nightclub and was handed a suspended sentence today.Abraham Diaw, the music producer Brown struck and chased through Tape nightclub before Diaw was kicked while lying defenceless on the floor.Chris Brown arrives at court ahead of sentencing, having admitted affray following an attack in which vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, 40, also punched the victim in the head.Metropolitan Police CCTV footage of Chris Brown at Tape nightclub, Mayfair. Judge Tony Baumgartner told Brown his fame did "not entitle you to special treatment" before handing him eight months suspended for 12 months.
Judge Tony Baumgartner told Brown that his fame did not entitle him to special treatment, then suspended his eight-month term for a year, after CCTV showed the singer, 37, hitting producer Abraham 'Abe' Diaw four times with the bottle at Tape in Mayfair, twice to the head. Vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, who punched Diaw, got four months suspended. Both men must pay £1,500 costs.
Brown dodged repeated police interview requests and was circulated as wanted.
He was finally arrested at a Manchester hotel in May 2025, ahead of a concert.
The judge said the law required him to suspend any sentence of 12 months or less.
