Chris Brown is arrested in the UK on suspicion of assault on a luxury nightclub

Chris Brown, 36, was arrested at dawn on Thursday at the luxury hotel The Lowry in Manchester, UK, after being identified as a suspect in an investigation of aggression in London last year.

The arrest came shortly after 2 am, when Metropolitan Police officers received the information that the singer was staying at the scene. The information is from The Sun and Daily Mail newspapers.

According to what British authorities announced to the American press, the arrest is linked to an episode of violence recorded on February 19, 2023, at the Tape Boate, located in Mayfair, one of the trendiest areas in the English capital. At the time, music producer Abe Diaw denounced that he was brutally assaulted by the singer during a party.

According to Diaw’s testimony to The Sun, Chris Brown would have hit him in the head with a bottle and continued the aggression with punches and kicks, even when he was already lying on the floor. “He hit me on his head two or three times. My knee also collapsed,” he said.

The producer also says that he had to be hospitalized and even left the hospital of Multias. He is suing the singer for $ 16 million (about $ 89 million).

The operation was coordinated after journalists from The Sun warned the authorities about Chris Brown’s arrival in the UK. The singer landed with a private jet in Manchester on Wednesday afternoon (14), as part of his tour of Europe, which still has ten performances on British soil next month.

Police released a brief statement confirming the detention. “A 36-year-old man was arrested in a hotel in Manchester shortly after 2 am on Thursday, May 15, on suspicion of severe bodily injury. He was arrested and remains in custody,” the corporation said.

So far, neither the singer nor his team issued public statements about the case. On Instagram, Brown’s latest post was a release request for rapper Tony Lanez, stabbed in prison where he was in a sentence for shooting the singer Megan Thee Stallion.