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Singer and co-defendant Omololu \u201cHoody Baby\u201d Akinlolu face up to three years in prison when sentenced in October<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tChris Brown<\/a> pleaded guilty to a charge of \u201caffray\u201d \u2014 and had the more serious counts against him dropped \u2014 at a hearing Friday over an alleged London nightclub attack.<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer was arrested in May 2025<\/a> and charged with assault, suspicion of grievous bodily harm, and possession of an offensive weapon (a tequila bottle). The incident occurred in February 2023, where Brown and his co-defendant Omololu \u201cHoody Baby\u201d Akinlolu allegedly attacked and stomped on\u00a0music producer Amadou \u201cAbe\u201d Diaw at a London nightclub.<\/p>\n \n\tBrown and Akinlolu both previously pleaded not guilty<\/a> to those charges, and at a short hearing Friday, the pair pleaded guilty to a charge of affray, while the more serious charges were dropped by the court, the BBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tA charge of \u201caffray\u201d stems from someone who \u201cfights with another person in a public place to the terror of the people.\u201d The affray charge accepted by the defendants states that \u201cChris Brown and Omololu Akinlolu on February 19 2023 used or threatened unlawful violence towards another and their conduct taken together was such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBoth Brown and Akinlolu were again released on bail following the guilty plea and will return to the U.K. on September 26 for sentencing; the pair face a maximum of three years in prison.<\/p>\n