--- description: Chris Brown was arrested for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after an hours-long standoff with the police title: Chris Brown Arrested on Suspicion of Assault With a Deadly Weapon: Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt868caad6cc27372c/6988a45797cdff04446ada43/chris-brown.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chris Brown Arrested on Suspicion of Assault With a Deadly Weapon: Police by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:16 AM CUTPublished: Aug 31, 2016 12:42 AM CUT  Chris Brown performs on stage at Oslo Spektrum on June 03, 2016 in Oslo, Norway. Chris Brown performs on stage at Oslo Spektrum on June 03, 2016 in Oslo, Norway.Nigel Waldron—Redferns/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:16 AM CUTPublished: Aug 31, 2016 12:42 AM CUT L.A. police said [Chris Brown](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1b22031d9fd64c00b6a0b342e8c7a892/los-angeles-police-singer-chris-brown-arrested-suspicion "undefined") was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday. The news came after what appeared to be an hours-long [standoff with the police](http://time.com/4472829/chris-brown-woman-gun-threat-police/ "undefined"), who waited for a search warrant outside Brown’s home after he refused them entry, the Los Angeles _Times_ [reported earlier](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-brown-gun-20160830-snap-story.html "undefined"). They were responding to a call from a woman who said Brown had threatened her and pointed a gun at her before she ran outside to call police. During the standoff Tuesday, Brown posted videos of complaint on social media, where he said he was innocent. When police finally obtained the warrant, they searched the home for any weapon Brown may have used. According to the [L.A. ](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-brown-gun-20160830-snap-story.html "undefined")[_Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-brown-gun-20160830-snap-story.html "undefined")_,_ a woman named Baylee Curran says she was the woman involved in the incident, and claims that Brown pointed a gun at her after she admired another man’s diamond necklace. She says she then fled the home, had an argument outside with one of Brown’s guests over retrieving her phone, then hid on an adjacent property to call the police. After assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in a highly publicized incident, Brown served probation from 2009 until 2015. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1b22031d9fd64c00b6a0b342e8c7a892/los-angeles-police-singer-chris-brown-arrested-suspicion "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4473578/chris-brown-arrested-assault-deadly-weapon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4473578/chris-brown-arrested-assault-deadly-weapon/"},"headline":"Chris Brown Arrested on Suspicion of Assault With a Deadly Weapon: Police","datePublished":"2016-08-31T00:42:29.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T03:16:30.000Z","description":"The arrest came after an hours-long standoff with the police","url":"https://time.com/4473578/chris-brown-arrested-assault-deadly-weapon/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt868caad6cc27372c/6988a45797cdff04446ada43/chris-brown.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt868caad6cc27372c/6988a45797cdff04446ada43/chris-brown.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Brown Performs in Concert in Oslo","caption":"Chris Brown Performs in Concert in Oslo","creditText":"Nigel Waldron—Redferns/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4473578/chris-brown-arrested-assault-deadly-weapon/","name":"Chris Brown Arrested on Suspicion of Assault With a Deadly Weapon: Police"}}]}] ```