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The assault trial of R&B singer Chris Brown has been
delayed until Wednesday, April 23, 2014, to give his bodyguard Chris
Hollosy time to testify in his trial. On Friday, April 18, 2014,
Judge Patricia Wynn postponed her ruling as well, stating she
required more time to mull over the evidence in the case, as a
result Brown spent the Easter holiday in jail. Brown was briefly
brought to court from a Virigina jail, but did not testify on his
behalf last week, invoking his Fifth Amendment right to prevent
self-incrimination. The singer has been incarcerated for several
weeks and maintains he is innocent of the charges brought against
him.
Chris Brown
As reported yesterday, Brown's bodyguard Chris
Hollosy, 35, was convicted of assaulting Parker Adams,
25, after the
local man stalked the singer from a club after a performance,
photobombed him and tried to board his tour bus. Brown felt Adams
was propositioning him when he photobombed the singer and tried to
board his tour bus. Initially Adams stated Brown did not hit him,
but changed his testimony. Prosecutors are now relying on Adams'
testimony and that of a limo driver, in addition to a third witness,
in seeking a misdemeanor assault conviction against Brown.
Chris Brown's lawyer Mark Geragos
Ironically, according to NBC News, Adams'
girlfriend, who took a photo with Brown, testified, "She didn't see
the bodyguard punch anyone." A Secret Service agent heard Adams tell
police Brown did not hit him in the incident that transpired near
the White House at the W Hotel. However, a second version of the
police report was changed to state Brown hit Adams. The police
officer who authored the report is being investigated by internal
affairs.
Chris Hollosy
On the flip side, the prosecution has put forward
another witness, a limo driver stating he saw Brown and Hollosy hit
Adams. So, in one corner you have a Secret Service agent and Adams'
girlfriend stating no and on the opposing side Adams and a limo
driver stating yes he was hit by Brown. The matter is now in the
hands of the judge. If convicted Brown faces 6-months in jail and a
$1,000 fine, in addition to a probation violation in Los Angeles,
which could send him to jail for 4-years.
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