Chris Brown’s legal trouble in the Philippines has halted his return to the U.S. on Wednesday. The “Loyal” singer has been delayed in Manila because of allegations of fraud stemming from last year.
As a result, his private plane will not get the green light to take off until the Bureau of Immigration gives clearance. He performed a concert in Manila on Tuesday night.
According to spokeswoman Elaine Tan, Brown and his promoter John Michael Pio Roda, are on the Department of Justice’s "lookout bulletin.”
"If the concerned agency raises no objection to the departure, then we will allow the subject to leave,” Tan told the New York Times, saying the Department of Justice asks the Bureau of Immigration to “take prudent steps to verify on the status of the criminal case against the subjects."
The allegations stem from Brown and Pio Roda canceling a New Year’s Eve concert at the last minute. The religious group Iglesia ni Cristo and its Maligaya Development Corporation, which owns the Philippine Arena, where Brown was supposed to perform, asked the Bureau of Immigration to help prosecute Brown and the promoter.
Brown did not perform although he was paid in full before the cancellation and his reasoning was that he lost his passport the day before.
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