Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown has avoided immediate imprisonment after being handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, over an attack on a music producer at a London nightclub in 2023.
Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown has received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, over an attack on music producer Abraham Diaw at Tape London nightclub in February 2023.
Brown pleaded guilty to affray after admitting the offence. Prosecutors said he struck Diaw on the head twice with a tequila bottle, while his co-defendant, rapper HoodyBaby, punched the victim
HoodyBaby, whose real name is Omololu Akinlolu, received a four-month suspended prison sentence. Brown was arrested in May 2025 when he returned to the UK for his world tour, while additional charges against both men were subsequently dropped.
The sentence was delivered at Southwark Crown Court, where Judge Tony Baumgartner stressed that the American singer’s celebrity status would not shield him from the law.
The judge said before sentencing;
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
Brown pleaded guilty in July to one count of affray in connection with the assault on music producer Abraham Diaw at Tape London nightclub in February 2023.
His co-defendant, Florida rapper Omololu Akinlolu, popularly known as HoodyBaby, also admitted the offence. Akinlolu, whom the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) described as Brown’s vocal coach, received a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
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