London judge rejects singer’s bail request, says he must stay in custody until June 13 hearing, which jeopardizes his upcoming European tour
Chris Brown was ordered to remain in custody on the “extremely serious” charges related to an alleged nightclub attack in February 2023, a London judge ruled at a bail hearing Friday.
On Thursday morning, Brown was arrested in Manchester, England on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm in connection to the incident where the singer allegedly beat a music producer Amadou “Abe” Diaw with a tequila bottle and then stomped on him, resulting in a hospitalization and, later, a $16 million lawsuit related to the attack.
Despite Brown’s lawyer arguing that Brown wasn’t a flight risk, Judge Joanne Hirst rejected his bail request at a hearing Friday and ordered that he remain in custody until his next hearing on June 13 in London, the Associated Press reports.
The judge’s ruling jeopardizes Brown’s planned 20th anniversary tour of the U.K. and Europe, as the singer was scheduled to begin that trek on June 8 in Amsterdam, five days before his next hearing; June 13 also coincides with Brown’s planned concert in Frankfurt, Germany.
In October 2023, Diaw filed a $16 million lawsuit against Brown, accusing the singer of “beating him over the head” with a tequila bottle and “ruthlessly” stomping on him when they were both at a London nightclub the previous February.
Diaw’s lawsuit also claimed that he “inflicted severe and lasting injuries” from the attack, including “lacerations on his head and torn ligaments in his leg,” and that he suffered “serious and permanent emotional distress and trauma” following the attack.
