WORLD, (UGNEWSLINE) – Grammy Award winning singer Chris Brown has been sentenced to eight months in prison and suspended from night clubs for 12 months. The jail time follows a vicious and unprovoked attack at a london night club in 2023.
Before the sentence, judge Tony Baumgartner had warned the musician ” I take account of your employment and long established career in music. Your fame, commercial success and professional standing do not entitle you to special treatment. The law applies equally to everyone”, the said.
The singer, 37, had oleaded guilty after hitting a music promoter repeatedly in the head with a bottle in London in 2023. In court on Monday, the prosecution played CCTV footage of assault. It showed Brown and members of entourage attacking Abraham Diaw, a music producer. One CCTV sequence showed Brown and his entourage following producer Diaw in a corridor and punching in his direction.
The assault lasted about 20 seconds, the prosecution said.
