Chris Brown receives suspended sentence for London nightclub bottle attack

Chris Brown was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months, after admitting affray over a February 2023 attack at Tape nightclub in London. His vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, received a four-month sentence, also suspended for 12 months.

• Southwark Crown Court sentenced Brown on Monday after he admitted affray over the attack at Tape private members’ club in Mayfair in February 2023.· 1 source
• CCTV shown in court recorded Brown striking Abraham Diaw twice in the head with a tequila bottle and also hitting his shoulder. Prosecutors said the incident lasted about 20 seconds.· 1 source
• Brown received an eight-month sentence suspended for 12 months; Akinlolu received four months suspended for the same period. Both were ordered to pay £1,500 in costs.· 1 source
• Judge Tony Baumgartner said using a bottle against the head risked more serious injury. ABC Australia reports that the judge considered Brown’s guilty plea, employment and charity work when deciding against immediate imprisonment.· 2 sources
• Diaw was treated in hospital for head and knee injuries. The Evening Standard reports that a subsequent MRI showed a high-grade injury to a ligament in his left knee.· 1 source