Chris Brown to be held in custody over alleged 2023 assault in U.Okay.

[ad_1] Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown 's upcoming tour was thrown into query Friday as a British choose ordered him held in custody whereas dealing with allegations that he beat a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.

Brown, 36, appeared in Manchester Magistrates' Court docket to face one depend of inflicting grievous bodily hurt and was ordered held till his subsequent listening to June 13 in London — the identical day he is as a result of 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 critical."

Brown was on tour within the U.Okay. in February 2023 when he launched an unprovoked assault on producer Abe Diaw, placing 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 digital camera in entrance of a membership full of individuals, she stated.

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Brown was flanked by court docket officers within the dock. His hair was bleached blond, and he wore sweatpants and a black T-shirt. He confirmed his title and delivery date and stated that his tackle was the native Lowry Lodge, the place he was arrested early Thursday and brought into custody.

His case was transferred to Southwark Crown Court docket in London, the place he's anticipated to enter a plea to the cost.

Brown's consultant did not instantly reply to a request for remark from The Related Press.

Brown's tour in query Brown, typically known as by his nickname Breezy, burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005 and has turn into a serious hitmaker over time with notable songs comparable to Run It, Kiss Kiss and With out You.

He received his first Grammy for greatest 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 yr.

The singer is because of launch a global 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 together with two exhibits in Toronto on Aug. 19 and 20.