Why Chris Brown was arrested in Manchester hotel over alleged attack that he smashed a bottle over music producer's head? Here's what to know

Brown was on tour in the U.K. in February 2023 when he launched an unprovoked attack on producer Abe Diaw, 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.

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was ordered held in custody after appearing Friday in a British courtroom to face a charge that he seriously beat a music producer in a London nightclub in 2023.