Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown ‘s upcoming tour was thrown into query Friday as a British choose ordered him held in custody whereas going through allegations that he beat a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, appeared in Manchester Magistrates’ Courtroom to face one rely of inflicting grievous bodily hurt and was ordered held till his subsequent listening to June 13 in London — the identical day he’s resulting from take the stage in Frankfurt, Germany, on the third date of his world tour.
Decide Joanne Hirst rejected Brown’s bail request after prosecutor Hannah Nicholls stated that the crime was “extraordinarily severe.”
Brown was on tour within the U.Okay. in February 2023 when he launched an unprovoked assault on producer Abe Diaw, putting him a number of instances with a bottle on the Tape nightclub within the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in London, Nicholls stated. Brown then chased Diaw and punched and kicked him in an assault caught on surveillance digicam in entrance of a membership full of individuals, she stated.
Protection legal professional Grace Forbes argued that the American performer wasn’t a flight danger and must be launched.
Brown was flanked by court docket officers within the dock. His hair was bleached blonde and he wore sweatpants and a black T-shirt. He confirmed his title and beginning date, and stated that his handle was the native Lowry Lodge, the place he was arrested early Thursday and brought into custody.
His case was transferred to Southwark Crown Courtroom in London, the place he’s anticipated to enter a plea to the cost.
Brown’s consultant didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Related Press.
Brown, typically known as by his nickname Breezy, burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005 and has change into a significant hitmaker through the years with notable songs similar to “Run It,” “Kiss Kiss” and “With out You.”
He gained his first Grammy for finest R&B album in 2011 for “F.A.M.E.” after which earned his second gold trophy in the identical class for “11:11 (Deluxe)” earlier this 12 months.
The singer is because of launch a world tour subsequent month with artists Jhene Aiko, Summer season Walker and Bryson Tiller, opening with a European leg on June 8 in Amsterdam earlier than beginning North America exhibits in July.
