Chris Brown just can’t keep his hands to himself.
The Tampa Police Department confirms Chris Brown ‘sucker punched’ a club photographer at AJA Channelside Monday around 1:00 a.m. The singer who is currently on tour, was scheduled to make a paid appearance but when things went left, so did he.
Per the Tampa Police Department, “During an after party event, Mr. Brown and his crew came into the club for a ‘showing’ for which he was paid. Mr. Vines is a photographer for Club Aja. As he was taking photos, Vines reported Mr. Brown ‘sucker punched’ him for allegedly taking photos. By the time officers were contacted and arrived, Mr. Brown left the scene. Mr. Vines wishes to prosecute for a minor laceration to his lip. Medical attention was refused. The investigation continues.”
Reports say Bennie L. Vines violated Brown’s ‘no photos’ policy by taking crowd photos in the direction of the singer. Robert Solomon an owner of the club said, ‘it wasn’t a brawl, Brown punched the photographer and walked out the club’.
Chris was supposed to stay at the club for an hour but do to the altercation he only appeared for 3-5 minutes sources say. Vines refused medical attention for his busted lip but will take legal action against singer Chris Brown.
Management for the club did release a statement explaining the incident and apologizing for the inconvenience.
Photos of vines busted lip and video of the incident below. The attack can be seen in the upper left corner of the stage on the video.