Chris Brown Receives Suspended Sentence for London Nightclub Incident
US singer Chris Brown has been handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence for his role in a violent incident at a London nightclub in Mayfair. He pleaded guilty to a charge of affray in July, relating to an altercation with music producer Abe Diaw, who suffered head and knee injuries.
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, showed Brown hitting Diaw on the head with a glass bottle. Delivering his sentencing remarks, Judge Tony Baumgartner described the repeated use of the bottle as "plainly dangerous" and acknowledged that the incident was both "short" and "intense".
Brown's co-defendant, Omololu Akinlolu, received a four-month sentence. The R&B singer's fans have been gathering outside the court, with some expressing their support for him.
