Overview
- The singer attended a case management hearing at Southwark Crown Court, where he was not required to appear and spoke only to confirm his name.
- He has pleaded not guilty to attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
- Co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, 38, also denies the charges, with a joint trial scheduled for October 2026.
- Prosecutors say Diaw was struck multiple times with a bottle, then punched and kicked, with the incident recorded on CCTV.
- Brown was arrested in May at a Manchester hotel and later released on conditional bail after a £5 million security that enabled him to complete his Breezy Bowl XX tour.