Chris Brown went to jail primarily for violating probation terms related to earlier legal issues, including a probation violation in 2014 that resulted in a 131-day jail sentence in Los Angeles County

. More recently, in 2025, he was arrested and placed in custody in the UK on charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, stemming from an alleged assault in February 2023 at a London nightclub where he is accused of attacking music producer Abe Diaw with a bottle

. This latest case led to him being remanded in custody until a court hearing scheduled for June 13, 2025