Chris Brown was granted permission by a London court docket to return to the U.S. below strict bail phrases tied to an alleged nightclub assault in 2023.

Chris Brown acquired court docket approval to go away the United Kingdom and return to the United States after a London decide adjusted his bail phrases Tuesday in reference to an alleged nightclub assault involving a tequila bottle and a music producer.

The 36-year-old singer stood beside co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu at Southwark Crown Court, the place each males pleaded not responsible to costs stemming from a February 2023 incident at Tape, a members-only venue in Hanover Square.

The accusations embody assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and possession of an offensive weapon.

Judge Tony Baumgartner authorised the bail variation below what he referred to as “very stringent” phrases, permitting Brown to return to the U.S. however with strict obligations. Details of these phrases weren’t shared in open court docket.

“Mr Brown and Mr Akinlolu, this means that you will be able to return to the US on the conditions that I have set out in the bail variations order,” Judge Baumgartner said, according to The Mirror. “You will have to come back to the UK when you are required to do so and surrender to bail in accordance with your obligations that follow.”

Prosecutor Heide Stonecliffe KC referred to as the association “unusual,” clarifying that the defendants weren’t being “allowed to return to the US unfettered.”

The costs stem from an alleged unprovoked assault on music producer Abraham Diaw on the upscale membership.

According to authorities, CCTV footage reportedly reveals Brown repeatedly hitting Diaw over the pinnacle with a tequila bottle earlier than kicking and punching him. Brown was arrested in May 2023 at Manchester’s Lowry Hotel after flying in on a non-public jet.

As a part of the bail deal, Brown should put up a $5 million safety, give up his passport, keep away from contact with Akinlolu and steer clear of Tape nightclub.

This case provides to Brown’s lengthy historical past of authorized points, together with his 2009 felony conviction for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna, an incident that continues to shadow his profession.

The trial is scheduled to start in October 2026. Judge Baumgartner said the proceedings will go ahead even when the defendants don’t attend.

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