Chris Brown gets suspended sentence for London bottle attack

R&B singer Chris Brown, 37, has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months, after pleading guilty to affray over a 2023 bottle attack on a music producer at a London nightclub. The Guardian reported he struck the man twice in the head with a tequila bottle in Mayfair.

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Chris Brown Gets Suspended Prison Sentence Over Nightclub Assault

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The R&B star previously pleaded guilty to affray, after attacking a music producer with a glass bottle.

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BBC 3h ago

Chris Brown given suspended eight-month prison sentence over nightclub attack

The R&B star previously pleaded guilty to affray, after attacking a music producer with a glass bottle.

NYT 3h ago

Chris Brown Gets Suspended Prison Sentence Over Nightclub Assault

The singer, 37, had pleaded guilty after hitting a music producer repeatedly in the head with a bottle in London in 2023.

News24 3h ago

US singer Chris Brown spared jail after pleading guilty over UK nightclub incident

Chris Brown was given a suspended sentence for attacking a producer with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub in 2023.

Guardian 4h ago

Chris Brown given suspended sentence over bottle attack at London club

R&B singer sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months over incident in Mayfair in 2023 The R&B singer Chris Brown has been given a suspended sentence after striking a man twice in the head with a tequila bottle in a central London club. Brown, 37, admitted affray earlier this year after attacking a former friend with a “heavy” tequila bottle on the dancefloor at the Tape private members’ club in…

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