US singer Chris Brown has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a woman complained to the police that he had threatened her with a gun. Beauty queen Baylee Curran said that Mr Brown had pointed the gun at her face after she had been admiring his friend’s jewellery. She said that she had been admiring the diamond necklace of a man who had been showing off his jewellery when the man got angry and told her to back away.
Associated Press reported that Mr Brown was released on $250,000 (£190,000) bail. The singer has a history of convictions for violence, including a 2009 assault on his then girlfriend, pop star Rihanna.
Once at Mr Brown’s sprawling mansion, police officers were allegedly denied entry and had to wait for a judge to approve for a search warrant before going inside the mansion to search for a weapon. During the stand-off, Mr Brown posted videos online accusing the police of harassment.
“When you get the warrant for whatever you need to do, you’re going to walk right up in here and you’re going to see nothing, you idiots,” he said in one Instagram video, posted to 30m followers. In another, Mr Brown voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality, saying: “You’re all the worst gang in the world, the police.”
By Premji
