Chris Brown appears for sentencing over Mayfair nightclub assault
Chris Brown arrived at Southwark Crown Court to be sentenced after admitting affray over an assault on music producer Abraham Diaw at a Mayfair nightclub. The case concerns an attack prosecutors say involved Brown striking Diaw with a tequila bottle, and highlights the violence captured on CCTV.
The incident took place at Tape in the early hours of 19 February 2023. Prosecutors said Brown hit Diaw twice on the head, while his friend and vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu punched him; Diaw was also chased, knocked down and kicked, and later received hospital treatment. Both men pleaded guilty to affray in July after more serious charges were dropped; Brown was arrested in Manchester in May 2025 and released on bail secured by £5 million.
In short
- Chris Brown is being sentenced after admitting affray.
- Prosecutors said he struck a producer with a tequila bottle.
- The attack took place at a Mayfair club in 2023.
Explained simply
The case stems from an incident at Tape, a nightclub in Mayfair, in the early hours of 19 February 2023. Music producer Abraham Diaw was injured and later treated in hospital.
Chris Brown is a US singer, and Omololu Akinlolu, also known as Hoody Baby, is his friend and vocal coach. Prosecutors said both men took part in the attack; Brown and Akinlolu admitted affray, an offence involving the use or threat of unlawful violence.
Read the full article at the source →
Originally published by Daily Mail as “Singer Chris Brown arrives at court for sentencing wearing black face mask after attacking music producer in Mayfair nightclub”.