Trey Songz discovered himself again in a Manhattan courtroom as one other late evening confrontation added strain to an already sophisticated public legacy.

Trey Songz was arrested early Friday in Times Square after prosecutors say he punched a nightclub worker when the venue closed.

Published reports reveal the R&B singer was charged with third diploma assault and second diploma mischief following a predawn confrontation at Dramma Night Club. Authorities say the incident unfolded round 4 a.m. on Dec. 6 after employees knowledgeable the artist the venue was shutting down for the evening.

Prosecutors allege Songz reacted with pointless anger and struck an worker within the face inflicting swelling and important ache.

The 41-year-old performer was on the membership with pals and no different arrests had been reported. Court paperwork describe the alleged sufferer as a nightclub employee who suffered accidents in the course of the encounter. Songz is reportedly a well-recognized face on the Times Square venue.

Songz was granted supervised launch after a daytime look at Manhattan Criminal Court. A decide issued a full order of safety barring him from contacting the worker and scheduled the subsequent court docket look for Feb. 18.

Outside the courthouse the singer declined to handle questions from photographers and reportedly mentioned, “Have a good night, brother.”

The arrest locations renewed consideration on an extended record of previous authorized issues which have adopted the singer for a lot of his profession. In 2016 Songz was charged with aggravated assault after an onstage outburst in Detroit. That case later ended with a plea to disturbing the peace and an 18 month probation sentence. In 2018 he confronted accusations of placing a girl throughout an NBA All Star Weekend occasion. A restraining order was issued and felony costs had been later dropped.

More current incidents have continued to attract scrutiny. Songz was arrested in 2021 after a bodily altercation with a police officer at a Kansas City Chiefs recreation. He was cleared in a sexual assault investigation in 2022 and settled a rape lawsuit the identical yr. A civil swimsuit filed in 2023 accuses him of groping two girls at a celebration and stays pending.

In July investigators examined claims that he assaulted a cameraman outdoors one other New York nightclub leaving the person hospitalized with a fractured eye socket.

As the present case strikes ahead Songz stays free whereas navigating each the legal costs and the continuing influence of repeated allegations.

Songz’s representatives didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

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