Chris Brown In Custody Of U.S. Marshals

The singer is expected to be transported to Washington, D.C., to stand trial for the alleged assault of a man outside a hotel in October 2013.

U.S. Marshals told BuzzFeed that the singer Chris Brown is in custody. He will be brought to Washington, D.C., to stand trial for the assault of a man outside a hotel last year.

The incident occurred when Brown was in town for a party at Howard University as a part of the school's homecoming celebration. He was initially charged with a felony, but it was later downgraded to a misdemeanor.

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The arrest is the latest in a string of detainments that have landed the embattled singer in the headlines.

He was arrested in March for the violation of a probation ordered in connection to his highly publicized assault of then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna in 2009. He has been in jail in Los Angeles where he's been held since being discharged from a rehabilitation center in Malibu, where he will remain until he is transported to D.C.

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Chris Brown In Custody Of U.S. Marshals