‘He did not engage in any activity
which resulted in injury to person or damage to property’, the
statement read.
It was reported that the top artistes
and their crew members were involved in a brutal altercation after a
verbal confrontation which led to a deep cut to Chris Brown’s chin. A
rep for the singer had said Brown and his girlfriend, model Karrueche
Tran, were victims of a ‘brutal attack.’
It is still unclear what happened that
night in the club as multiple reports have emanated from the different
sources.
Witnesses told police that two men
approached Brown’s table and asked him whether he had a problem with
Drake, and he replied he did not. Later, as Brown was leaving the club,
five men met blocked his way on the dance floor and started taking off
their shirts and yelling, police said.
At some point during the face-off,
bottles started flying. Chief NYPD spokesman Paul Browne
said it’s not clear whether the bottles were tossed by members of
either entourage, or if bar patrons eager to egg on a dispute started
throwing them.
Other sources say Brown and Drake had
been hanging out in the VIP section when Drake began pointing and
yelling at Brown. Brown allegedly began yelling back and that’s when
members of both entourages rushed in and began shoving each other.
With tensions running high, someone
threw a bottle – which set the whole thing off and the shoving turned to
punches.
Five bystanders, four women and a man,
also suffered cuts during the fight at the club W.I.P. in Manhattan’s
SoHo neighborhood, police said. Brown’s bodyguard suffered a more
serious cut to the head, but all the victims were released from the
hospital later Thursday.
As reported earlier, no arrests were
made as Drake and Brown had left the club before the Police arrived the
scene. Both acts have however been cooperating with authorities to
resolve the matter.
The club suffered some serious damage in
the fight – including busted up tables, broken mirrors, shattered
lighting and glass scratches all over the floors.
The fight is said to have been over
Bajan pop princess Robin ‘Rihanna’ Fenty who both acts
have been linked with in the past. It is said that Rihanna had affair
with Drake while she was still dating Chris Brown.
