Singer Chris Brown To Go On Trial Monday On Assault Charges

Agence France-Presse, The Raw Story
Fri, 04/18/2014 - 4:55pm

Hip-hop star Chris Brown will stand trial on Monday for an alleged assault outside a trendy hotel in Washington. If convicted, Brown could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Brown, 24, appeared in court Friday in the US capital in a crisp suit that made him look more like a genteel Wall Street banker than an actor, dancer and rap artist. He stood with his hands by his side as Judge Patricia Wynn instructed him to return next week for the start of his trial. In court supporting him was his mother Joyce Hawkins, friend and model Karrueche Tran and rapper Bow Wow, who the day before moderated a discussion with First Lady Michelle Obama at Washington’s Howard University. Wynn put back the trial date after deciding she needed the Easter weekend to reach a verdict in a related case involving Brown’s bodyguard Chris Hollosy, 35, outside the downtown W Hotel on October 27 last year. “I have to be confident about my verdict.

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