The arrest could have
serious legal consequence for Brown, 24, since he is serving probation
for the felony domestic violence conviction relating to his 2009 attack
on former girlfriend Rihanna.
Brown and bodyguard
Christopher Hollosy allegedly attacked a man with their fists outside
the W Hotel in downtown Washington at 4:25 a.m. Sunday, police said.
The police incident
report obtained by CNN identified the alleged victim as Isaac Adams
Parker, 20, of Beltsville, Maryland. Parker did not immediately respond
to a CNN call for comment.
Parker told police that
he tried to jump into a photo that Brown was posing for with a female
fan on the sidewalk when the singer said, "I'm not down with that gay
s--t" and "I feel like boxing," the police report said. Parker said that
Brown then punched him in the face with his closed fist, the report
said.
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Parker said Brown's
bodyguard -- who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 240 pounds -- stepped
between them and punched Parker in the face, the report said. The
bodyguard then grabbed Brown by his arm and pulled him toward his tour
bus, which was parked near by, it said.
Brown and the bodyguard
were taken into custody and were being held at the Second District
police station, police said. Both men were later transferred to a
central jail cell block for processing, police said,
Parker was treated and
released at a hospital for treatment for a bruised and swollen face,
police spokesman Anthony Clay told CNN.
Brown was in Washington
to host a "homecoming party" at The Park at Fourteen nightclub Saturday
night, according to his Twitter feed, just four blocks away from where
he was arrested Sunday morning.
His representative and lawyer did not immediately respond to CNN calls for comment Sunday.
Brown is on probation in
California for a felony domestic violence conviction involving Rihanna.
Any arrest could be considered a violation of that probation, which
could result in jail time.
Prosecutors filed
probation violation charges against him twice in the past year,
resulting in the judge ordering him to complete an additional 1,000
hours of community service.
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Brown was arrested in
February 2009 for punching Rihanna inside a rented Lamborghini on a
Hollywood street. The altercation left the face of Rihanna, also a
chart-topping singer, bruised and bloody on the eve of the Grammy
Awards.
He entered a guilty plea
seven months later and was sentenced to serve five years probation and
ordered to spend more than 1,400 hours in "labor-oriented service."
His probation reports
were glowing until the past year, when the district attorney's office
accused him of not completing the 1,400 hours of community labor, which
he was allowed to do in his home state of Virginia.
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He was also accused of
hit-and-run after a minor traffic crash earlier this year. The driver of
the other car told investigators that Brown "went ballistic" and
screamed at her after his Range Rover rear-ended her Mercedes on a Los
Angeles street.
In August, Brown's
lawyer reached a settlement with prosecutors to end their efforts to
revoke his probation. The deal called for Brown to complete another
1,000 hours of community service.
Probation rules require
Brown to stay out of all legal trouble. Even an arrest that does not
lead to a conviction could result in a probation violation charge.
He is scheduled to
appear before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin on
November 20 for a probation status hearing.
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