Chris Brown pleads not guilty to charges of beating music producer
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Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge that he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.

At Southwark Crown Court, Brown, 36, entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Similarly, Omololu Akinlolu, 38, a fellow musician and friend of Brown known on stage as “Hoody Baby,” also pleaded not guilty to the same accusation.

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court to attend a plea hearing in London, Friday, June 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (AP)

According to prosecutors, the incident involved Brown and Akinlolu allegedly attacking producer Abe Diaw at a bar located in the Tape nightclub in Mayfair in February 2023.

Brown allegedly launched an unprovoked attack on Diaw and hit him several times with a bottle and then punched and kicked him.

The attack was caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people, prosecutors said.

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