Chris Brown was arrested earlier this morning in Manchester over an alleged bottle attack that occurred in London in 2023.
The singer was detained at 2 a.m. at the Lowry hotel in Greater Manchester. He was previously accused of an unprovoked attack on producer Abe Diaw at London’s Tape Nightclub in Feb. 2023, when he allegedly struck him with a tequila bottle several times and punched and kicked him while he was on the floor.
In a statement to the Guardian, a Metropolitan police spokesperson said, “A 36-year-old man was arrested at a hotel in Manchester shortly after 0200hrs 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.”
A representative for Brown did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
Brown is currently in the U.K. for his upcoming “Breezy Bowl XX” tour, which is kicking off at Manchester’s Co-op Live on June 15 before making stops in London and Glasgow. He is slated to kick off the North American portion of the tour on July 30 in Miami.
Most recently, Brown was sued for $50 million after allegedly assaulting four concertgoers backstage in Texas. The suit, filed in July 2024, alleges that Brown and his crew severely beat the plaintiffs following the singer’s performance in Ft. Worth, Texas. After one of the accusers approached him backstage to congratulate him on the show, a member of his entourage reminded Brown that they had issues. The suit states that Brown and seven to 10 members of his team proceeded to assault the victim as well as others in proximity.
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