US singer Chris Brown is being investigated by Las Vegas police over an allegation of battery.<\/p>\n
Officers were contacted at 10:30 local time (18:30 GMT) on Saturday about the alleged incident at the Palms Casino resort, according to Lt Jeff Goodwin.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”AVhNeGdbYOLhFwYFvWzfRcOb9TqwEMcN”]A police statement said an altercation took place in a room when a woman went to take a picture of Brown and was struck by him before he took her phone.<\/p>\n
His publicist Nicole Perna called the woman’s charges “unequivocally untrue”.<\/p>\n
Police officers were unable to speak to Brown at his hotel room as he had left before they arrived.<\/p>\n
They said a crime report has been taken, listing Brown for for misdemeanour theft and misdemeanour battery.<\/p>\n
Ms Perna said the woman’s allegations were “a complete fabrication”.<\/p>\n
Grammy winner Brown, whose hits include Run It! and Kiss Kiss, had performed on Friday at a Las Vegas nightclub where he appears regularly.
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