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R&B singer is being held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm at a London nightclub in 2023R&B singer is being held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm at a London nightclub in 2023
The R&B singer Chris Brown has been arrested in Manchester over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago. The US musician Chris Brown has been arrested in Salford over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago.
The US musician was arrested at a hotel in the city in the early hours of Thursday by detectives from the Metropolitan police. He is being held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm at a nightclub in Mayfair, central London, in February 2023. The 36-year-old rapper, a former partner of the singer Rihanna, was arrested at 2am on Thursday at the five-star Lowry hotel in Greater Manchester, after flying into the UK for an upcoming tour.
The Sun said the 36-year-old flew into Manchester airport on a private jet on Wednesday afternoon. A Met 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 is being held in custody on suspicion of grievous bodily harm as part of an investigation led by Metropolitan police detectives.
Brown is accused of carrying out an unprovoked attack that injured the music producer Abe Diaw at Tape nightclub in London’s Mayfair in February 2023. The Go Crazy singer is accused of hitting the victim with a bottle two or three times, and punching and kicking him as he lay on the floor.
Diaw previously said he had launched a civil claim against Brown for $16m in damages after he needed crutches to walk following the alleged attack, in an interview with the Sun.
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.”“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.”
Brown is due to tour the UK in June and July, with dates at Co-op Live in Manchester and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. His representatives have been contacted for comment. Brown is due to play 10 dates in the UK as part of his Breezy Bowl XX tour, beginning at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester on 15 June.