The next tour of Grammy singer Chris Brown was questioned on Friday when a British judge ordered detention to him while facing allegations according to which he beat a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
Brown, 36, appeared before the Manchester magistrate court to cope with a head of guarantee of serious bodily lesions and was sentenced to his next hearing on June 13 in London – the same day that he should go on stage in Frankfurt, Germany, on the third date of his world tour.
Judge Joanne Hirst rejected the Brown -under bonding request after prosecutor Hannah Nicholls said the crime was “extremely serious”.
Brown was on tour in the United Kingdom in February 2023 when he launched an unsuccessful attack on producer Abe Diaw, hitting him several times with a bottle in the band’s nightclub in the chic Mayfair district in London, said Nicholls. Brown then hunted Diaw and hit and kicked him in an attack on a surveillance camera in front of a club full of people, she said.
Defense lawyer Grace Forbes argued that the American artist was not a risk of theft and should be released.
Brown was flanked by court officers in the platform. His hair was discolored blond, and he was wearing tracksuit and a black t-shirt. He confirmed his name and date of birth and said that his address was the local Lowry Hotel, where he was arrested early Thursday and placed in police custody.
His case was transferred to Southwark Crown runs to London, where he should plead for the accusation.
The Brown representative did not immediately respond to a request for comments from the Associated Press.
Brown Tour in question
Brown, often called by his nickname Breezy, broke out on the music scene in adolescence in 2005 and has become a major hitmaker over the years with notable songs such as Run,, Kiss And Without you.
He won his first Grammy for the best R&B album in 2011 for FAME. then obtained his second gold trophy in the same category for 11:11 (Deluxe) Earlier this year.
The singer is expected to launch an international tour next month with the artists Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker and Bryson Tiller, opening with a European stage on June 8 in Amsterdam before starting shows in North America in July, including two shows in Toronto on August 19 and 20.
