US singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray, assault charges in London

LONDON - U.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded guilty to a charge of affray relating to an incident involving a music producer in a London nightclub three years ago.

Brown, 37, admitted the charge, which alleges Brown and his co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu "used or threatened unlawful violence towards another and their conduct taken together was such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness ... to fear for their personal safety".

Prosecutor Heidi Stonecliffe said more serious charges of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and a less serious charge of assault causing actual bodily harm, which the pair had denied, would not proceed.

Brown and Akinlolu, 40, will be sentenced at London's Southwark Crown Court in October.

-Reporting by Sam Tobin; Editing by Kate Holton/Reuters