Chris Brown pleads guilty to assault

Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assault at a Washington DC Superior Court but avoided jail time after he was sentenced to time already served.

The Beautiful People hitmaker was sentenced to time already served by a judge after accepting a plea deal at a Washington DC superior court yesterday, where he was charged with misdemeanour assault for allegedly punching Parker Adams outside the W Hotel in October.

According to TMZ, the star apologised in court and said he wanted to get his music career back on track. The singer's bodyguard Christopher Hollosy was also accused of hitting Parker, who claimed he was struck after trying to get in a photograph with the Yeah 3X hitmaker.

Brown's girlfriend Karrueche Tran was present at the Washington DC Superior Court to lend her beau some support. The singer was released from jail on June 2 after spending 108 days behind bars for violating his probation after he allegedly made threats about using guns while seeking anger-management treatment in rehab.

He was previously placed on probation for five years and sentenced to six months community service for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Last month, the star was praised by a judge for his good behaviour after appearing at a Los Angeles court for a progress report on his probation.