Chris Brown Gets 8-Month Suspended Sentence for 2023 London Bottle Attack
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 26
Chris Brown Gets 8-Month Suspended Sentence for 2023 London Bottle Attack
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 26
Summary
An eight-month prison term was suspended for 12 months after Chris Brown admitted affray over a 2023 London nightclub attack on producer Abraham Diaw.
CCTV shown in court captured Brown striking Diaw four times with a heavy tequila bottle—twice to the head—during a 17- to 20-second assault in the packed Tape club.
Judge Tony Baumgartner called the violence intense and dangerous, saying Brown had to be pulled away, but cited his guilty plea, bail compliance and low risk of reoffending in sparing him jail.
Omololu Akinlolu, Brown's vocal coach, received a four-month suspended sentence after joining the attack; both men were ordered to pay £1,500 in costs.
Diaw was treated in hospital for a head injury and knee damage, while more serious charges against Brown—including assault, attempted GBH and possessing an offensive weapon—were later dropped.