Chris Brown Detained in Manchester for Bottle Assault at London Nightclub
Chris Brown has been arrested for a 2023 incident in a London nightclub (Picture: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
Singer Chris Brown was arrested in the early hours of this morning at a five-star hotel in Manchester. Police arrested Brown on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm to music producer Abe Diaw at Tape nightclub in Mayfair, Central London, in February 2023. The 36-year-old American R&B star was arrested just after 2am at the Lowry Hotel. Brown flew into Manchester Airport on a private jet yesterday afternoon, possibly to begin rehearsals for his UK tour, which kicks off on June 15 in Manchester. Following confirmation that Brown was in the country, police were contacted to inquire about the possibility of an arrest related to the incident. Met detectives then traveled to Manchester to apprehend the singer after receiving this information.
The star is scheduled to kick off his UK tour on June 15 in Manchester (Picture: Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage)
Diaw alleges Brown attacked him unprovoked at around 3am on the night in question. Brown and his entourage were attending a Dirty Martini club night held at Tape nightclub. Diaw claims Brown broke a bottle over his head and then punched and kicked him after he fell to the ground, sustaining injuries that led him to be taken to hospital. Diaw has launched a civil claim against Brown for $16 million (£12m) in damages for injuries and losses suffered as a result of the attack. The Met said, ‘A 36-year-old man was arrested at a hotel in Manchester shortly after 02:00hrs on Thursday, 15 May on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. He has been taken into custody where he remains. The arrest relates to an incident at a venue in Hanover Square on 19 February 2023. The investigation is being led by detectives from the Central West Area Basic Command Unit.’
Brown has a well-documented history of violence. Most famously, he assaulted ex-girlfriend Rihanna and left her ‘spitting blood’ in 2009. Chris pleaded guilty to felony assault and admitted to beating her in the tumultuous aftermath of the incident. But his violent past goes well beyond Rihanna, a fact highlighted in the documentary “Chris Brown: A History of Violence.” A brief list of some of the well-evidenced allegations against Brown includes the time he smashed a window backstage at a morning talk show in 2011, punched a stranger in the face outside a hotel in 2013, allegedly broke his mother’s windshield with a brick that same year, and punched a woman named Liziane Gutierrez in the face for trying to take a photo with him in 2016.
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