BREAKING: Chris Brown Arrested In Manchester Over 2023 Bottle Attack

Chris Brown was arrested at a hotel in Manchester shortly after 02:00hrs on Thursday, 15 May on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.

American singer Chris Brown has been arrested in Manchester over a bottle attack on a music producer at a London nightclub.

The 36-year-old star was detained at 2 a.m. at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester, after arriving in the city by private jet just hours earlier. Brown is being held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm to music producer Abe Diaw during an incident at Tape nightclub in Mayfair, Central London, in February 2023. He has been taken into custody and is believed to be at a local police station for questioning.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed, “A 36-year-old man was arrested at a hotel in Manchester shortly after 02:00hrs on Thursday, 15 May on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. He has been taken into custody where he remains. The arrest relates to an incident at a venue in Hanover Square on 19 February 2023.”

In a separate news, Nigerian TikToker Muhammad Kabir has been convicted and sentenced to prison by a Federal High Court in Kaduna for abusing the Naira in a viral video.

Kabir, who goes by @youngcee0066 on TikTok and Instagram, was arrested on May 13, 2025, in the Tudun Wada area of Kaduna State, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Kabir appeared in court charged with unlawfully mutilating Naira notes by spraying money on the floor, stepping on them, and making provocative statements in Hausa, daring the EFCC to arrest him. He pleaded guilty to the charge.

The EFCC said, “Kabir was seen in a viral video spraying Naira notes on the floor, stepping on them, and making provocative utterances in Hausa while daring the EFCC to arrest him at his known location.”

Justice R.M. Aikawa sentenced Kabir to six months in prison or an option to pay a ₦300,000 fine to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The charge read:
“That you Muhammad Kabir Sa’ad (a.k.a youngcee0066)(M) sometime in 2025 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did unlawfully mutilate Naira by stepping on the Naira banknotes while making a social media video and posting same on the internet and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 punishable under Section 21(1) of the same Act.”

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