LONDON (AP) — A British choose ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown launched on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail on Wednesday whereas going through allegations he beat and severely injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
The choice by a choose in Southwark Crown Courtroom revives Brown’s world tour that was forged doubtful when one other choose ordered him held in custody after he was charged final week with inflicting grievous bodily hurt with intent.
Choose Tony Baumgartner mentioned that Brown might proceed with this tour, together with a number of stops within the U.Ok., however must pay the bail to ensure his look in court docket.
Brown was initially scheduled to seem in court docket once more on June 13. If he had been held till then, Brown would have missed no less than two dates on his upcoming tour, which begins subsequent month in Europe.
Brown, 36, is accused of launching an unprovoked assault on producer Abe Diaw on the Tape nightclub within the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023 whereas he was on final tour.
Prosecutor Hannah Nicholls mentioned final week in Manchester Magistrates’ Courtroom that Brown struck Diaw a number of occasions with a bottle after which punched and kicked him in an assault caught on surveillance digital camera in entrance of a membership full of individuals.
American musician Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who performs beneath the title “Hoody Baby” and is a pal of Brown, was additionally charged within the assault.
Neither Brown nor Akinlolu have entered a plea but. Each males had been ordered to seem in court docket once more on June 20.
Brown, who burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005, gained his first Grammy for finest R&B album in 2011 for “F.A.M.E.” after which earned his second in the identical class for “11:11 (Deluxe)” earlier this 12 months.
His hits embody songs reminiscent of “Run It,” “Kiss Kiss” and “Without You.”
His tour is because of kick off June 8 in Amsterdam earlier than beginning North America reveals in July.
