Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge that he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.

Brown, 36, pleaded not guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in Southwark Crown Court.

Brown’s friend and fellow musician Omololu Akinlolu, 38, who performs under the name “Hoody Baby”, pleaded not guilty to the same charge.

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court to attend a plea hearing in London, Friday, June 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (AP)

Prosecutors said Brown and Akinlolu assaulted producer Abe Diaw at a bar in the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighbourhood in February 2023.

Brown allegedly launched an unprovoked attack on Diaw and hit him several times with a bottle and then punched and kicked him.

The attack was caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people, prosecutors said.

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