Chris Brown walks FREE with a suspended sentence after smashing a tequila bottle over a producer's head in a London nightclub
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 Chris Brown his fame earned him no special treatment, then said the law obliged him to suspend the eight-month term. Brown, 37, swung the bottle at producer Abe Diaw four times at Tape in Mayfair in February 2023. He dodged repeated police requests for interview and was arrested in Manchester in May 2025. Fans cheered him outside Southwark Crown Court.
Vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu got four months suspended for punching and kicking Diaw.
Prosecutors said Diaw was kicked 'while he was seated defenceless on the floor'.
GBH and offensive weapon charges were dropped once both men admitted affray.
