Chris Brown Rejects Plea Deal
On Wednesday Chris Brown landed a September trial date after he rejected a no-jail plea deal in his Washington assault case.
CelebNMusic247.com has learned that the Grammy winner was close to striking a pact with prosecutors Tuesday, but things changed up when the conversation went a bit sideways for the pop stars attorneys.
According to reports, Breezy was in talks when things got broken down over what he would acknowledge happened during the alleged sidewalk scuffle outside the W Hotel last October.
His camp was pushing for an Alford plea that would have allowed him to maintain his innocence while agreeing prosecutors had sufficient evidence to convict, a source told the Daily News.
Prosecutors want Brown to “accept responsibility,” a source inside the courtroom Wednesday told The News.
“They wanted him to read from a script that wasn’t true,” Brown’s prominent criminal lawyer Mark Geragos told the Daily News after the hearing.
The “Run It” singer, 25, was in court in the nation’s capital wearing white jeans, a black leather jacket and a black tie.
His trial on one count of simple assault was set for Sept. 8.
Over the past couple days Brown posted some photos of himself and his fam.
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