Chris Brown sentenced over 'vicious' London nightclub bottle attack
Chris Brown arrived for the sentencing wearing a face mask and sunglasses(Image: AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
TL;DR
- Chris Brown was sentenced to an eight-month suspended prison term for affray.
- The assault occurred in February 2023 at Tape London nightclub.
- Brown pleaded guilty to repeatedly striking a man's head with a glass tequila bottle.
- His vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, also pleaded guilty to affray and received a suspended sentence.
- Both were ordered to pay £1,500 in legal costs.
- Prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, and having an offensive weapon in exchange for the guilty plea.
- Chris Brown has a history of legal troubles, including a 2009 assault conviction.
- The victim sustained head and knee injuries.