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Problem:Sept. 2, 2014 Singer Chris Brown, center, is seen leaving D.C. Superior Court after his hearing in Washington. Mark Gail/for The Washington Post 
  
 District prosecutors on Monday lowered an assault charge against Grammy award winning R&B singer Chris Brown, who is accused of striking a man during a fight outside a posh Washington hotel, from a felony to a misdemeanor, according to court records. Brown told police he did not punch the man, according to court papers. 
  
 The 24-year-old entertainer appeared in D.C. Superior Court along with his friend and bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, 35, who also was charged with misdemeanor assault in what police described as an altercation outside the W Hotel in the 500 block of 15th Street NW. 
  
 Brown and Hollosy were charged by D.C. police with hitting a man at about 4:30 a.m. under disputed circumstances following a party at the Park at 14th, one of several nightclub events drawing crowds during Howard University’s homecoming weekend. The parties were not affiliated with the school. 
  
 Danny Onorato, a former federal prosecutor and Brown’s attorney said after the court hearing that he is “confident Mr. Brown will be exonerated.” 
  
 “Chris Brown committed no crime,” Onorato said. “We understand his security acted to protect Mr. Brown and his property, which he was authorized to do.” 
  
 Singer Chris Brown is charged with assaulting a man outside the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. His charges were reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor in D.C. Court on Monday. (The Washington Post) 
  
 Both Brown and Hollosy were released from custody on Monday evening. The maximum penalty on the reduced charge is 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. Brown is set to return to court Nov. 25. 
  
 Accounts of how the altercation started have varied. A D.C. police report says it involved dispute over photographs being taken outside the club. Others have stated the victim tried to board Brown’s tour bus. Court documents filed Monday evening suggest it was a little of both. 
  
 According to those documents, Brown had agreed to pose for pictures with two women outside the W Hotel. They stood on either side of Brown so his bodyguard could snap pictures with the womens’ cell phones. The documents say that one of the women told police that the alleged victim then “moved in and attempted to take a picture of himself” with Brown. The woman said Brown replied, “I’m not with that gay s---.” 
  
 Court papers say the man, who admitted to police he tried to get into the picture and take his own, later told authorities that he responded to Brown, “Then why you ho-ing?” and “What you say,?” Brown replied, according to the papers. The victim then repeated, “Why you ho-ing?” 
  
 The man and one of the women who was posing for the picture told police that Brown said, “I feel like boxing” before unloading a punch, according to court papers. The document says the woman then told police she saw Brown’s bodyguard also hit the man, and that Brown then boarded the bus. 
  
 Brown denied to police that he confronted or hit the man, saying, “I was on the bus when I guess someone tried to get on and my bodyguard handled it,” court papers say. 
  
 Another witness told police that she saw Brown chase the man — who police said suffered a broken nose — and take a swing at him, but couldn’t see if he connected, according to court papers. An acquaintance of Brown told police that a D.C. police officer told him that the man had said Brown never hit him, the court documents say. But that officer denied being told that. 
  
 The man could not be reached for comment Monday. 
  
 In the midst of #chrisbrown in Superior Court, head of Homeland Security, on JuryDuty — Keith L. Alexander (@keithlalexander) October 28, 2013 Chris Brown fans outside courthouse waiting to catch a glimpse! pic.twitter.com/mO7y8SJeoS — bruce johnson (@brucejohnson9) October 28, 2013 
  
 Brown spent the night in the D.C. police lockup in the 2nd District station, and was then moved to the Superior Courthouse, where he was listed as No. 71 on the lockup list, another defendant on Monday’s normally crowded criminal docket. 
  
 Crowds of media and onlookers gathered for the hearing. Arraignment hearings typically start at 1 p.m. and can run for hours. Visitors began lining up in front of Courtroom C-10 before 12:30 p.m. Onlookers took pictures of the lockup list posted on the wall outside the courtroom, showing his lockup number, the charge and his attorney’s name. 
  
 Brown’s mother and brother were stuck in line at one point; they were then escorted into a room. 
  
 Jasmine Woods, 22, of Northeast Washington and two of her female friends arrived at courthouse holding up posters that say “Free Chris Brown” in large red letters. “He was just protecting himself. He’s too cute to be in DC Jail.” 
  
 By 12:50 p.m., the 150-or-so-seat courtroom was filled to capacity, and security was telling visitors to wait outside in the hallway. People who were there to support their local friends and family who were also locked up were outraged. “So, we have to wait out here because of Chris Brown?” shouted Veronica Person, who said her sister was arrested on an assault charge over the weekend. 
  
 “Damn, this like going to his concert. You gotta have a ticket?” asked David Gross, 34, of Prince George’s County. He said he was trying to get into the courtroom for his brother, who was also arrested over the weekend. Gross was one of about 75 people waiting in line. “I ain’t thinking about Chris Brown. He ain’t bringing no money to any of our houses.” 
  
 Brown and Hollosy were escorted into the courtroom in the evening, about five hours after the docket had begun. Both were shackled by their ankles and wrists. Brown’s ashen blond hair and wearing a white shirt and black jeans. The two men were among about 100 other defendants, charged with various crimes from murder, to drug possession to solicitation, who were escorted before D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Karen Howze on Monday. 
  
 At around 6 p.m., the case was called. A courtroom employee asked Brown to say his name. “Christopher Brown.” 
  
 When Howze ordered both men released, two women in the crowded courtroom broke out into a thunderous applause. Courtroom security quickly escorted them out of the courtroom. Howze also required Brown to report to his probation officer in person in California within 48 hours. 
  
 Sitting in the last row of the courtroom was Brown’s family including his mother, along with Brown’s friend, fellow R&B singer, Trey Songz. Songz was in Washington this weekend to perform at a Howard Homecoming concert Saturday evening. 
  
 After the hearing, Brown, his family and Brown’s attorney and Hollosy with his attorney Bernie Grimm, were escorted out of the courthouse by security, marshals and D.C. police in a waiting dark-tinted SUV. 
  
 Hundreds of people gathered outside the courthouse screaming “We love you Chris.” 
  
 Brown is on probation after pleading guilty in 2009 to attacking his then-girlfriend Rihanna the night before the Grammy Awards. He was sentenced to community service and five years of probation. Since then he has had several run-ins with law-enforcement officials. 
  
 As part of his conditions for release set on Monday in the District, Brown must report to a probation officer in California within 48 hours. 
  
 In June 2012, New York police investigated a bottle-throwing bar brawl involving the entourages of Brown and hip-hop star Drake. 
  
 In February, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department closed its investigation of an alleged parking space dispute between Brown and R&B star Frank Ocean. 
  
 There is also controversy over Brown’s court-ordered community service in the 2009 conviction involving Rihanna. Los Angeles prosecutors have said in court filings reported by the Associated Press that they could find no evidence that Brown completed his hours. ||||| Chris Brown Charge REDUCED To Misdemeanor Assault 
  
 Chris Brown -- Charge REDUCED To Misdemeanor Assault 
  
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 just got cut a big break ... the assault charge has just been reduced from a FELONY to a MISDEMEANOR ... and Chris pled not guilty. Chris has just been released without bail. He's also required to stay 100 yards away from the victim.Chris had been ordered to take a drug test, but the judge just vacated that order. It's standard in such cases to order a drug test, but that has been cancelled.The bodyguard's charge was also reduced to a misdemeanor.TMZ broke the story ... Brown was arrested for felony assault early Sunday morning in Washington D.C. after allegedly attacking a man outside a hotel and breaking his nose.Brown allegedly got into an argument with a man, said "I'm not down with that gay s**t, I'm into boxing," and then punched him in the nose.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the fight started when the man and his friend photobombed Chris, who was posing for a picture with two girls.Sources close to Chris insist the fight wasn't over a photo -- they say the alleged victim tried to force his way onto Chris' tour bus, and Chris was merely trying to stop a trespass.Brown has been in custody since the incident.TMZ has just obtained witness statements, some of which conflict. Chris DENIES punching the victim. According to Chris' statement, he claims he was on his tour bus when the victim tried getting on and his bodyguard "handled it."The victim says he was trying to get a pic with Chris and Brown allegedly said, "I ain't down wit that gay s**t." The victim told cops he responded by saying, "Why you hoing?" Chris then said, "I feel like boxing." The victim says Chris then threw the punch and the victim says he then squared off with Chris and then the bodyguard also hit the victim in the face.According to the victim, after the bodyguard punched him, Chris got BEHIND the bodyguard and screamed, "Yeah, walk away."The police say the victim was treated for a fractured nasal bone. ||||| Chris Brown has form when it comes to using homophobic slurs — as the readers of RadarOnline.com know all too well. 
  
 The R&B singer is a serial offender, having logged a raft of incidents before his arrest in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was charged with felony assault, along with his bodyguard. 
  
 Brown and Christopher Hollosy allegedly attacked a man with their fists outside the W Hotel in downtown Washington at 4:25 a.m. Sunday, police have said. 
  
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 The alleged vicim, Isaac Adams Parker, 20, of Beltsville, Maryland, told cops the singer said, “I’m not down with that gay s–t,” when he tried to jump into a photo that Brown was posing for with a female fan on the sidewalk. 
  
 Parker said that Brown then punched him in the face with his closed fist, according to the police report. 
  
 While the 24-year-old Grammy Award-winner has denied he is a homophobe, Parker’s claims are consistent with a number of other individuals who say they too have suffered the same fate… at the mouth of Brown. 
  
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 Last year, a man claimed he was verbally attacked by Brown and called a “f***ot” at the Arclight movie theater in Hollywood. 
  
 Los Angeles resident Lucas Peter, an openly gay man, told RadarOnline.com he spotted Brown and his entourage and approached him to ask for an autograph — but was taken off guard by the singer’s reaction. 
  
 “The movie let out and I saw Chris come out the front door, sort of semi-running. I approached Chris and asked him to sign my CD cover,” Lucas said. 
  
 “His bodyguard stopped me and said Chris wouldn’t be signing, so I told him Rihanna signs all the time. That’s when Chris stopped in the garage by the parking pay stand and yelled ‘f***ot’ at me.” 
  
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 Brown was also at the center of controversy when quizzed by paparazzi for his opinion of gay artist Frank Ocean as he was leaving a nightclub in France. 
  
 Brown replied, “Man, no homo,” which many interpreted to have been a homophobic swipe. At the time of that spat, Brown insisted it wasn’t. 
  
 When he and Ocean clashed physically at a Los Angeles studio last January, Ocean alleged had been called “a f*ggot.” 
  
 That led former *NSYNC star Lance Bass — a gay man — to say the use of the word “f*ggot” is no better than the “n” word. 
  
 In 2011, Brown also shouted anti-gay slurs during a pickup basketball game, stunning and repulsing onlookers. 
  
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 “He got really ticked off when things didn’t go his way during the game, saying, ‘That’s gay!’ and ‘You’re a f*gg*t a**!’ to the other players,” an eyewitness said. Brown, at the time, denied he ever said it. 
  
 A year earlier, he and former B2K member De’Mario Thornton, used their Twitter accounts to engage in slurs and taunts against one another. 
  
 The arrest could trigger a series of serious consequences for the star, who remains on probation for the 2009 beating of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna just before the Grammy Awards. 
  
 His probation has already previously been revoked, albeit briefly, after a hit-and-run incident. 
  
 He is due back in court Nov. 20 in Los Angeles to update a judge on his progress. 
  
 Brown’s representative did not immediately respond to RadarOnline.com’s request for comment Sunday. |||||
Solution:
Chris Brown caught a break today when charges in his latest fist-to-face incident were reduced from felony to misdemeanor assault, the Washington Post reports. A crowd gathered outside his arraignment hearing in Washington, DC, where he pleaded not guilty, was released without bail, and told to stay 100 yards away from the victim, reports TMZ. The judge also cancelled a drug test that TMZ describes as "standard in such cases." Reason for the reduced charge: The victim apparently suffered minor injuries, even though he had said his nose was broken. The incident occurred yesterday outside a posh Washington hotel where, authorities say, the victim photobombed Brown as he posed for a picture with two women. But Brown's sources say the singer was stopping the man from jumping on his tour bus. Classy aside: Brown allegedly said "I'm not down with that gay s--t" before the assault, which would add to his list of homophobic slurs—even though the Grammy winner says he is not homophobic, Radar reports.