Chris Brown after fight with Drake at the New York W.i.P (Chris Brown via Twitter)
W.i.P. after a nasty club brawl allegedly between the entourages of Drake and Chris Brown. (Gossipcop via Twitter)
Chris Brown and Drake will not be answering to the law as charges for their bottle-throwing melee at SoHo hot spot W.i.P. this summer have reportedly been dropped.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that there will be no criminal charges because there is not enough evidence to move forward with a case and there will be no further investigation. Apparently, surveillance video was too dark and blurry and failed to illuminate how the fight broke out. Additionally, all interviews conducted by the NYPD were considered “inconclusive.”
The “lack of evidence” development comes as a surprising twist. Shortly after the brawl, Brown posted a Twitter photo of an injury he sustained from a flying bottle that was allegedly thrown from Drake’s table. Bodyguards, random clubgoers and posse members were badly injured from the bottle attacks. NBA player Tony Parker filed a $20 million lawsuit against the club, claiming that his eye was injured during the incident.
Many reports suggest that the brawl began over an argument regarding Brown’s on-and-off flame Rihanna. Sources told The Post in August that Drake drove the hot-headed Brown into a rage when his table sent over note that read, “I am f–king the love of your life.” Drake’s camp has maintained the fight was instigated by a member of Brown’s crew.
In a suit filed over the summer by Entertainment Enterprises (the company that owns the trademark on the nightclub) Brown and Drake’s respective posses were accused of fashioning “deadly weapons out of whatever materials they could find, including glasses, alcohol bottles and furniture, thereby circumventing the nightclubs’ extensive efforts to ensure a safe environment.”
Looks like Brown and Drake are off the hook.