Chris Brown pleads not guilty to all charges following nightclub bottle attack
Laura Harman
Published July 11, 2025 9:36am Updated July 11, 2025 10:49am
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R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court,
Chris Brown has arrived in court (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)
Chris Brown has denied all three charges put to him after being accused of a bottle attack in a nightclub.
On Friday, July 11, the singer arrived for a plea hearing at Southwark Crown Court amid preparations for his trial later this year.
The 36-year-old musician previously denied attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent during an incident in February 2023 at Tape, a Mayfair nightclub.
He told the court in June that his plea was: ‘Not guilty ma’am.’
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Brown was accused alongside Omololu Akinlolu, 38, his co-defendant, who also denied the same charge.
Both Akinlolu and Brown have also been charged with assault and occasioning actual bodily harm. Brown is additionally facing one count of having an offensive weapon (the bottle) in a public place.
On July 11, it was announced that Brown was pleading not guilty for these two charges.
The singer wore a brown checked double-breasted suit, which he paired with a red tie and oversized black-rimmed sunglasses.
He looked down as he passed photographers outside the court, raising a hand to them as he walked past.
He arrived at the court at 9am, with news about the pleas emerging nearly two hours later.
R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court, south London, where he is charged over an alleged assault in a London nightclub. The American musician, 36, is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Abraham Diaw in February 2023. Picture date: Friday July 11, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
The singer has just finished touring in the UK (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
Omololu Akinlolu arriving at Southwark Crown Court, south London, where he is charged alongside R&B singer Chris Brown leaves Southwark Crown Court, south London, over an alleged assault in a London nightclub. The pair are accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Abraham Diaw in February 2023. Picture date: Friday July 11, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Omololu Akinlolu was also seen arriving at court (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
The alleged victim, producer Abraham Diaw, was standing at the bar of Tape nightclub when he was allegedly struck several times with a bottle and then pursued to a different part of the venue, where he was punched and kicked.
Brown was staying at the five-star Lowry Hotel when police came to arrest him on May 15.
A week later, on May 21, Southwark Crown Court heard that he had been released from HMP Forest Bank in Salford, Greater Manchester, under bail conditions and ordered to pay a security fee of £5 million guaranteeing his return.
The sum fee is a financial guarantee ensuring a defendant returns to court, which may be forfeited if they breach bail conditions.
US rapper Chris Brown (L) arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London on July 11, 2025, to attend a plea hearing in the case against him for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent during an alleged London nightclub brawl in 2023. (Photo by Rhianna Chadwick / AFP) (Photo by RHIANNA CHADWICK/AFP via Getty Images)
The singer has just finished ten concert dates in the UK (Picture: RHIANNA CHADWICK/AFP via Getty Images)
While in Manchester in June, the artist referred to his then upcoming court date, thanking the jail for being ‘nice’.
‘I just want to tell you all, I love you all to death, I am so thankful that I could come out here tonight,’ he told the crowd.
‘Thank you all for having me and supporting me, and thank you to the jail, y’all was really nice,’ he said at the Breezy Bowl XX tour to the Co-op Live Arena on Sunday, June 15.
A date for a trial lasting five to seven days has been set for October 26, 2026
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