# Chris Brown given suspended sentence over bottle attack at London club

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/chris-brown-given-suspended-sentence-over-bottle-attack-at-london-club/
- Published: 2026-10-26T12:28:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T13:04:38+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/26/chris-brown-suspended-sentence-bottle-attack-london-club
- Topics: Culture

## Key points

- Chris Brown’s eight-month sentence was suspended for 12 months.
- CCTV showed bottle strikes, including two to Abraham Diaw’s head.
- His vocal coach also received a suspended sentence.

## Summary

Chris Brown has received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting affray over an attack at a Mayfair club in 2023. The judge described the assault as plainly dangerous and said commercial success would not bring preferential treatment in court.

Brown struck former friend Abraham Diaw with a tequila bottle at the Tape club; CCTV showed four strikes, two connecting with Diaw’s head, as well as a blow to his shoulder. Brown’s vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, who joined the attack, received a four-month suspended sentence. Both men were ordered to pay £1,500 in costs.

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