Chris Brown pleaded guilty on Tuesday for hitting a man outside a Washington hotel – while he was on probation for attacking his then-girlfriend Rihanna.
Brown pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to time served. He spent two days in a DC jail in the case.
Brown, 25, admitted that he hit a man who tried to jump in a picture the singer was taking with two women outside the W hotel last October. The victim, Parker Adams, suffered a broken nose.
At the time of the arrest, Brown was on probation in a felony assault case for beating up pop star Rihanna hours before the 2009 Grammy awards. The arrest led a judge in California to revoke his probation, and he was ordered in May to serve an additional 131 days in jail. He was released in June.
Brown’s attorney, Danny Onorato, argued that Brown had already suffered extensive consequences from the Washington case, noting the additional jail time in California and the four months he spent receiving inpatient counseling. He said that Brown’s career has been on hold for nearly a year and that he wanted to take responsibility for his actions so he could go back to work, including a tour in support of a new album.
Brown had previously pleaded not guilty in the case.
Information from Eurweb.com, TMZ and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
