Chris Brown leaves Washington, D.C. court after rejecting plea deal
Grammy-winning R&B singer Chris Brown rejected a no-jail plea deal on Wednesday (June 25) in his misdemeanor assault case and will go to trial on Sept. 8.
Brown, 25, had failed to agree to the no-jail plea accord by a noon deadline. The deal would have sentenced him to time already served.
Brown's attorney Mark Geragos said it was a decision based on principle.
SOUNDBITE Defense attorney Mark Geragos saying (English):
"They made an offer. The problem with the offer was it was for time served, no jail, no probation but they wanted him to read from a script that wasn't true and he was not going to do that and I was not going to let him do that."
The singer was charged with misdemeanor assault after a 20-year-old man, claimed Brown and his bodyguard punched him and broke his nose when he tried to jump into a photo outside a Washington hotel in October 2013.
The Washington hearing was part of series of scrapes Brown has had with the law.
He was rel
Brown, 25, had failed to agree to the no-jail plea accord by a noon deadline. The deal would have sentenced him to time already served.
Brown's attorney Mark Geragos said it was a decision based on principle.
SOUNDBITE Defense attorney Mark Geragos saying (English):
"They made an offer. The problem with the offer was it was for time served, no jail, no probation but they wanted him to read from a script that wasn't true and he was not going to do that and I was not going to let him do that."
The singer was charged with misdemeanor assault after a 20-year-old man, claimed Brown and his bodyguard punched him and broke his nose when he tried to jump into a photo outside a Washington hotel in October 2013.
The Washington hearing was part of series of scrapes Brown has had with the law.
He was rel