US singer Chris Brown avoids jail for tequila bottle attack in London club and blows a kiss to cheering fans
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 did 'not entitle you to special treatment', then handed him eight months suspended for 12 months. CCTV showed Brown, 37, hitting music producer Abraham Diaw four times, twice to the head, at Tape in Mayfair in February 2023. Vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, 40, got four months suspended. Both must pay £1,500 costs.
More serious charges of attempted GBH and ABH were dropped after Brown admitted affray.
The judge said the law required him to suspend any sentence of 12 months or less.
Diaw was kicked 'while he was seated defenceless on the floor', prosecutors said.
