{"id":1574,"date":"2025-07-11T08:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:27:18","slug":"chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-charges-following-nightclub-bottle-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-charges-following-nightclub-bottle-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown pleads not guilty to all charges following nightclub bottle attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Brown has arrived in court (Picture: James Manning\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Brown<\/a> has denied all three charges put to him after being accused of a bottle attack in a nightclub. <\/p>\n

On Friday, July 11, the singer arrived for a plea hearing at Southwark Crown Court amid preparations for his trial later this year.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old musician previously denied attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent<\/a> during an incident in February 2023 at Tape, a Mayfair nightclub.<\/p>\n

He told the court in June that his plea was: \u2018Not guilty ma\u2019am.\u2019<\/p>\n

Brown was accused alongside Omololu Akinlolu, 38, his co-defendant<\/a>, who also denied the same charge.<\/p>\n

Both Akinlolu and Brown have also been charged with assault and occasioning actual bodily harm. Brown is additionally facing one count of having an offensive weapon (the bottle) in a public place.<\/p>\n

On July 11, it was announced that Brown was pleading not guilty for these two charges. <\/p>\n

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