London — Grammy-winning R&B singer Chris Brown was sentenced Monday to an eight-month prison term, suspended for 12 months, after pleading guilty to affray stemming from a violent nightclub attack more than three years earlier.
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The 37-year-old American artist and his vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London for sentencing before Judge Tony Baumgartner.
Both men had admitted the public-order offense in July 2026.
Brown’s sentence means he will not serve immediate jail time, provided he commits no further offenses during the suspension period.
Akinlolu also received a suspended sentence.
The pair were ordered to pay £1,500 each in costs.
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The incident occurred in the early hours of February 19, 2023, at the Tape private members’ nightclub in Mayfair.
Prosecutors said Brown approached music producer Abraham Diaw on the crowded dance floor and struck him twice on the head with a glass bottle.
Akinlolu joined in, punching Diaw, and the pair continued the assault as the victim tried to flee, with Diaw also kicked while on the floor.
Diaw sought treatment at St Mary’s Hospital for head and knee injuries.
Crown Prosecution Service officials described the attack as “vicious and unprovoked.” CCTV captured the confrontation.
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Brown and Akinlolu left the United Kingdom shortly afterward.
A warrant was issued.
Brown was arrested on May 15, 2025, at a Manchester hotel after returning for a concert on his world tour.
He was initially held before being granted bail on a £5 million security that allowed him to continue performing.
More serious charges—including attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and possessing an offensive weapon—were dropped in exchange for the guilty pleas to affray, which carries a maximum of three years’ imprisonment.
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Judge Baumgartner had previously indicated that all sentencing options remained open.
The suspended terms reflect factors including the guilty pleas, the passage of time, and the defendants’ circumstances, while underscoring that the violence was unacceptable.
Brown, who rose to fame as a teenager and has won two Grammys for best R&B album, has a prior felony conviction from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna.
Outside court, Brown left free under the terms of the suspended sentence.
The case highlights that no one is above the law, prosecutors said, even high-profile figures.
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