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Singer Chris Brown in UK court ahead of assault trial

By AAP Newswire

Jan 28, 2026

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court, London — Grammy winner Chris Brown will face trial in London later this year over an alleged assault. -AP

US singer Chris Brown has appeared in court for a ‍brief hearing ahead of his trial later this year on charges of attacking a music producer in a London nightclub.

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Brown last ⁠year denied attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm, and also a less serious charge of assault causing actual bodily harm, over what prosecutors say was an "unprovoked attack" with a bottle ‌in 2023.

The 36-year-old attended London's Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday and ‍spoke only to confirm his name.

Brown entered the dock and shook hands with his co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, 39, who has also denied the charges against him. Around a dozen supporters sat in the public gallery ‌behind them and waved as he left the dock.

The pair's trial is due to begin in October. They were both granted bail ‍ahead of a further preliminary hearing in April.

Brown, a two-time Grammy Award winner known for hits such as Loyal, Run It and Under the Influence, was granted bail in May after paying STG5 million ($A9.86 million) in order to begin his Breezy Bowl XX tour, which ended in October.

The R&B star was arrested at a hotel in Manchester, northern England last year after returning to Britain for the first time since the ‍incident.