Chris Brown’s friend and fellow musician HoodyBaby has also been charged in his alleged assault case.
According to the Police on Saturday [May 17], the duo beat and seriously injured a music producer at a London nightclub in 2023.
HoodyBaby was slated to appear in Manchester Magistrates’ Court on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Brown was on Friday [May 16] jailed without bail on same charge after his arrest on Thursday. He will be in custody till he appears at Southwark Crown Court in London on June 13, which is the third day of his world tour.
HoodyBaby, born Akinlolu is rapper from Dallas, Texas, who has collaborated with Brown and Lil Wayne. He also goes by the names Fat Leopard and Super Hood. The police said he was charged in connection with the same incident as Brown without details on what role Akinlolu played in the alleged assault.
Brown launched an unprovoked attack on producer Abe Diaw when he was on tour in the UK in February 2023, striking him several times with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in London, prosecutor Hannah Nicholls said in court Friday.
Brown then chased Diaw and punched and kicked him in an attack caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people, she said.
Brown did not enter a plea and only spoke to confirm his name, birth date and gave his address as the Lowry Hotel, where he was arrested in Manchester early Thursday and taken into custody.
