Chris Brown has been arrested over a 2023 incident in England the place the controversial singer allegedly beat a person over the top with a tequila bottle, in line with a number of stories.
Brown had beforehand been sued over the alleged incident, as Web page Six reported, with music producer Amadou Diaw claiming in an October 2023 lawsuit that Brown “inflicted extreme and lasting accidents” on him in February of that 12 months and that Diaw was hospitalized with “lacerations on his head and torn ligaments in his leg.”
Whereas noting that they may not verify or deny if Brown himself was the particular person arrested, the Metropolitan Police launched the next assertion about this morning’s arrest: “A 36-year-old man was arrested at a lodge in Manchester shortly after 02:00hrs on Thursday, 15 Might on suspicion of grievous bodily hurt. He has been taken into custody the place he stays. The arrest pertains to an incident at a venue in Hanover Sq. on 19 February 2023.”
Reps for Brown didn’t reply to The Hollywood Reporter’s request for remark.
Brown’s arrest comes because the singer’s upcoming Breezy Bowl XX Tour is slated to start within the Netherlands on June 8. He’s additionally presupposed to play a number of dates within the U.Ok. in June and July, and he’s received U.S. dates scheduled from finish of July via October.
Brown stays probably the most controversial artists within the business, relationship again to his brutal assault of ex-girlfriend Rihanna again in 2009 and a number of other incidents since then. Regardless of the controversies, he stays probably the most in style artists within the enterprise, with the upcoming tour’s U.S. leg almost bought out. Throughout Dwell Nation’s latest earnings name, CEO Michael Rapino cited Brown’s tour as a very robust on-sale.