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Violent singer Chris Brown pays £5M to dodge jail cell

Ellsworth Toohey
May 21, 2025
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Woman beater Chris Brown (Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com)

R&B singer and professional violent offender Chris Brown just proved that assault charges are merely a speed bump when you're rich, dropping £5 million to stay out of a British jail cell – and he didn't even have to show up to his own hearing to make it happen.

The incident, as reported by ABC N…

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