Singer Chris Brown to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London nightclub

LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is to be sentenced Monday over brawling at a London nightclub three years ago.Brown, 37, pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court in July for attacking a music producer with a bottle on the head.Brown had denied attacking Abraham Diaw with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in February 2023. But prosecutors said the fight was caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people.In return for the guilty plea, prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon, a bottle.Brown's friend and vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu also pleaded guilty to affray. He will be sentenced too.Brown left the United Kingdom after the brawl but was arrested in May 2025 at a Manchester hotel after flying to the city for a concert.Brown had been free on bail of 5 million pounds ($6.7 million), which allowed him to tour Europe and North