Chris Brown
apparently has to stay in jail for a bit longer. The R&B singer,
who is accused of hitting a man outside a hotel in Washington D.C. in
October, was scheduled to stand trial on Wednesday, April 23. The trial,
however, has been delayed. NBC4 reports that no specific date has been
set.
Brown's bodyguard Christopher Hollosy, who was arrested for an assault charge along with the singer, was found guilty in a separate trial earlier this week and his sentencing is scheduled for June 25. Hollosy, who is scheduled to testify in Brown's case, refused to testify out of fear of self-incrimination because he planned to appeal his own conviction. Prosecutors did not grant Hollosy's request for immunity because they believe he might lie. The appeal may take months.
Brown's bodyguard Christopher Hollosy, who was arrested for an assault charge along with the singer, was found guilty in a separate trial earlier this week and his sentencing is scheduled for June 25. Hollosy, who is scheduled to testify in Brown's case, refused to testify out of fear of self-incrimination because he planned to appeal his own conviction. Prosecutors did not grant Hollosy's request for immunity because they believe he might lie. The appeal may take months.
Brown's legal team in Los Angeles sought release on bail or his own
recognizance on Wednesday, but the judge said he would stay in custody.
He will be traveling to the city with the method of transport called
"Con-Air" alongside other prisoners. A May 1 court session has been set to determine whether the judge will release Brown.
"I think it's a little over the top to have him in custody on this
misdemeanor when everybody saw the bodyguard's trial and which was
nothing more than a bloody nose," Brown's attorney
Mark Geragos said in Washington, as quoted by CNN. "And you have got
the bodyguard who was convicted and who readily admitted he was the one
who did the punching. So all of this is much ado about nothing."
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