Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Affray After 'Vicious and Unprovoked Attack' With Glass Bottle at London Night Club

Chris Brown pleaded guilty to brawling at Tape Nightclub in London.

The 37-year-old arrived at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, July 24, to enter his plea for a February 2023 fight in which he was accused of hitting a music producer over the head with a glass bottle.

In return for Brown's guilty plea, charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon were dropped.

Brown previously denied the more serious charges for attacking Abraham Diaw with his friend and vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu.

Police said the altercation was captured on surveillance footage at the crowded, swanky nightclub in the city's Mayfair neighborhood.

A Metropolitan Police detective called the men's actions a "disgraceful, unprovoked assault that put a man in hospital."

According to police reports, Brown approached the victim on the dance floor before he "struck the victim twice over the head with a glass bottle."

Akinlolu then allegedly "quickly joined Brown and punched the victim to the head."

Brown and Akinlolu “continued their assault whilst the victim attempted to flee through the club,” police reported. "The victim was kicked while he was seated defenseless on the floor."

Brown was arrested more than two years after the incident when he returned to the United Kingdom for his world tour in May 2025.

Despite initially denying the attack, Akinlolu also pleaded guilty to affray.

Prosecutors called their actions an "unprovoked attack."

"This was a vicious and unprovoked attack by Brown and Akinlolu in a crowded nightclub where Brown used a glass bottle as a weapon to strike the victim’s head twice," a senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service said. "This kind of violence is entirely unacceptable, and the Crown Prosecution Service will work tirelessly — with the police and partners across the criminal justice system — to pursue cases like this, and prove that no one is above the law."

According to The Mirror, there were audible gasps in the courtroom after the R&B artist entered his plea, though Brown was all smiles as he strutted into the courthouse signing autographs.

The plea hearing took less than five minutes. Brown and Akinlolu are set to be sentenced on October 26.

As part of his bail conditions, Brown was ordered to pay a $6.7 million security fee. The singer will be allowed to continue on his current world tour as long as he surrenders his passport in each country.