LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown ‘s upcoming tour was thrown into query Friday as a British decide 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’ Courtroom 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’s as a result of take the stage in Frankfurt, Germany, on the third date of his world tour.
Choose 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.Ok. in February 2023 when he launched an unprovoked assault on producer Abe Diaw, putting him a number of occasions 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 digicam in entrance of a membership full of individuals, she stated.
Protection legal professional Grace Forbes argued that the American performer wasn’t a flight danger and must be launched.
Brown was flanked by court docket officers within the dock. His hair was bleached blonde and he wore sweatpants and a black T-shirt. He confirmed his identify and start date, and stated that his deal with was the native Lowry Lodge, the place he was arrested early Thursday and brought into custody.
His case was transferred to Southwark Crown Courtroom in London.
Brown’s consultant didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Related Press.
Brown, typically known as by his nickname Breezy, burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005 and has develop into a significant hitmaker through the years with notable songs reminiscent of “Run It,” “Kiss Kiss” and “With out You.”
He gained his first Grammy for finest 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 12 months.
The singer is because of launch a world tour subsequent month with artists Jhene Aiko, Summer time Walker and Bryson Tiller, opening with a European leg on June 8 in Amsterdam earlier than beginning North America reveals in July.