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Singer Chris Brown arrested in France on suspicion of rape: police source

2017 BET Awards – Show – Los Angeles, California, U.S., 25/06/2017 - Chris Brown performs.

U.S. singer Chris Brown was arrested in Paris on Monday with two other people on suspicion of rape, a French police source said.

The arrests were first reported by Closer magazine, which said Brown, his bodyguard and a friend were detained after a 24-year-old woman alleged she was raped at the singer’s suite at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on the night of Jan. 15.

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