Chris Brown Lands In DC Court For Misdemeanor Assault Charge

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June 25, 2014 5:52 PM

Reports say the singer is seeking a plea deal inorder to get on with his life!

Chris Brown is due in a DC courtroom today June 25 for his misdemeanor assault charge, and is reportedly looking to get this case behind him as quickly as possible.

According to the Washington Post, he's said to be working out a plea deal with District prosecutors. If no deal is reached, of course, he's headed to trial in the Nation's Capital.

Prosecutors wanted Brown in Washington to face trial on a charge of hitting a man outside the W hotel in October 2013. At the time, Brown was still on probation in California for a 2009 attack on the singer Rihanna, his then girlfriend. When his trial was set to start in Washington, Brown was in a Los Angeles jail after being kicked out of a court-ordered rehab facility but was transported to DC to face the law.

Meanwhile, his April "con-air" flight from Los Angeles to DC was revealed to have cost taxpayers more than $4,000.

The breakdown of the April trip was provided to The Associated Press as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request. The tab includes jail stays, airfare and other transportation costs. The U.S. Marshals Service, which transported Brown, said in a statement Tuesday that it uses the "safest and most cost-effective means to transport" inmates.

Ultimately, Brown’s trial was postponed and he only briefly appeared in a D.C. courtroom. Sending him back across the country on Con Air cost $1,071.

Brown is currently out of jail, so he’ll reportedly be paying his own way to DC today.

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