Following Chris Brown’s arrest in reference to an alleged assault at a London nightclub again in 2023, US rapper HoodyBaby has additionally been charged over the incident.
On Thursday (Might 15), the ‘Loyal’ rapper was arrested in Manchester for allegedly attacking a music producer in a London bar two years in the past. He was tracked down at The Lowry Lodge by the Metropolitan Police and arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily hurt simply hours after arriving within the metropolis on a personal jet.
On the time, a spokesperson from the Met stated: “A 36-year-old man was arrested at a resort in Manchester shortly after 2am on Thursday, Might 15 on suspicion of grievous bodily hurt. He has been taken into custody the place he stays. The arrest pertains to an incident at a venue in Hanover Sq. on February 19, 2023. The investigation is being led by detectives from the Central West Space Primary Command Unit.”
Brown, who is supposed to be bringing his ‘Breezy Bowl XX’ tour to Europe subsequent month, was accused of assault by producer Abraham Diaw, who has additionally lodged a civil criticism for $16million in opposition to Brown, in search of damages for accidents and losses incurred because of the alleged incident.
Yesterday (Might 17), the Met shared that rapper HoodyBaby – actual identify Omololu Akinlolu – had additionally been charged with grievous bodily hurt with intent for the February 2023 assault, the identical cost Brown is dealing with. Police didn’t present any additional particulars relating to Akinlolu’s function within the alleged assault.
A day earlier, Brown was ordered to stay in custody on the “extraordinarily severe” fees associated to the alleged nightclub assault, the place the singer allegedly beat music producer Diaw with a tequila bottle after which stomped on him, leading to hospitalisation.
Per Rolling Stone, Choose Joanne Hirst rejected his bail request at a listening to and ordered that he stay in custody till his subsequent listening to on June 13 in London, regardless of his lawyer arguing that he wasn’t a flight threat. Brown has not but been requested to enter a plea to the cost and is but to talk out on the allegations.
Brown’s upcoming tour is about to start on June 8 within the Netherlands and make stops in Germany, the UK, Eire, France and Portugal, earlier than he heads on a North American leg of the tour on the finish of July.
Among the many reveals set for the UK are two big concert events at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 21 and 22 and 4 gigs at Co-op Stay in Manchester on June 15, 16 and 24 and July 3.
Nonetheless, the ruling jeopardises this, because the ‘Eternally’ artist was scheduled to start that trek on June 8 in Amsterdam, 5 days earlier than his subsequent listening to.