Prosecutors said that from June 2017 to February 2019, Wellesley and Burton convinced victims to invest $99.4 million of loans brokered by their company Bordeaux Cellars, with interest payments coming from the wine collectors.

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to two further charges related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, 36, denied the more serious charge of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm at a hearing last month.

Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to additional assault charges in London court following an alleged nightclub attack. The R&B musician, who also pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm in London last month,