US singer Chris Brown avoided jail after striking a man twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in a London nightclub. BBC News and Variety reported the Monday sentencing. A court gave him an eight-month prison term suspended for 12 months over the February 2023 attack at private members club Tape in Mayfair.

Brown's vocal coach, rapper Omololu Akinlolu, who joined the attack, was sentenced to four months in prison, BBC News said. The judge called the assault vicious and unprovoked on the Variety account. Brown left court to cheers from supporters outside.

The case had dragged for years after the nightclub fight. Prosecutors said Brown used a bottle as a weapon. Defense arguments on the early pages stressed remorse and career consequences. No civil settlement figure was listed Monday.

Suspended sentences let defendants stay free if they avoid further crime during the term. A breach can activate the jail time. The pages did not detail travel limits tied to the order.

What we know: Brown received an eight-month sentence suspended for 12 months over the London nightclub attack.
What we don't: Whether any further UK conditions will restrict his touring.