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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Roisin O'Connor

Chris Brown: Battery charges dropped after alleged attack in Florida

Chris Brown performs at 2018 BET Experience Staples Center Concert, sponsored by COCA-COLA, at LA Live on 22 June, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. ( (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for BET) )

Charges of felony battery against US singer Chris Brown have been dropped, one year after he was arrested after a concert in West Plam Beach, Florida. 

The incident involved an alleged attack at a nightclub in Tampa in 2017. Brown was accused of punching the club's photographer, who was reportedly taking pictures of him after being told not to. 

The photographer suffered a split lip, and later went to hospital and pressed charges. 

Pitchfork reports that the charges have now been dropped, according to Hillsborough County court records. 

Brown has faced a number of charges in recent years, including one regarding an aggravated rape allegation by a French woman in January this year.

Brown was arrested in Paris, and filed a defamation suit against his accuser several days after the charge. 

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