WASHINGTON (AFP) – Police said
they arrested pop music star Chris Brown early Sunday and charged him with
felony assault after a violent altercation outside a downtown Washington hotel.
Police spokesman Anthony Clay told
AFP that Brown was arrested “around 4:25 this morning (0825 GMT) in front of
the W Hotel,” a chic establishment near the White House.
Brown, along with a male companion,
got into an altercation with a third man, and the incident became violent,
according to police.
Brown, 24, and his companion “were
arrested and charged with a felony assault. A victim was taken to the hospital
and treated for his injuries,” the police spokesman said, adding that the
beating victim “had injuries to his face.”
“They are still in our custody,”
Clay said of the pop star and his friend, who was described by US media as the
singer’s bodyguard.
Brown is the ex-boyfriend of pop
singer Rihanna, with whom he has had a tempestuous on-again, off-again
relationship.
He was arrested in February 2009
after getting involved in a physical confrontation with Rihanna that left her
with a bruised and battered face.
He was required, after pleading
guilty in court to the assault, to take part in domestic violence counseling
and sentenced to five years’ probation and community service.
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