R&B singer Chris Brown will be allowed to return to the United States as he awaits trial for an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub in 2023.
Judge Tony Baumgartner granted the change to the American musician’s bail conditions at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.
Heidi Stonecliffe KC, prosecuting, said the bail conditions remain ‘very stringent’.
Brown has pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Abraham Diaw at the Tape venue, a private members’ club in Hanover Square, Mayfair, on February 19 2023.
He has also denied having an offensive weapon – a bottle – in a public place, as well as attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.
His co-defendant, US national Omololu Akinlolu, 39, has also denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The alleged victim, producer Abraham Diaw, was standing at the bar of Tape nightclub when he was allegedly struck several times with a bottle and then pursued to a different part of the venue, where he was said to have been punched and kicked.
Brown was staying at the five-star Lowry Hotel when police came to arrest him on May 15.
A week later, on May 21, Southwark Crown Court heard that he had been released from HMP Forest Bank in Salford, Greater Manchester, under bail conditions and ordered to pay a security fee of £5 million guaranteeing his return.
The sum fee is a financial guarantee ensuring a defendant returns to court, which may be forfeited if they breach bail conditions.
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