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Singer聽Chris聽Brown聽was close to resolving his assault case in a deal that would have kept him out of jail, but talks fell apart Wednesday when attorneys couldn't agree on what聽Brown聽would acknowledge happened during a scuffle that led to his arrest.

Brown聽was arrested in October and charged with misdemeanor assault after a man accused the singer of hitting him when he tried to get in a photograph聽Brown聽was taking with two women outside a Washington hotel. At the time,聽Brown聽was on probation in California for a 2009 attack on singer Rihanna, his then girlfriend.

Prosecutor Kevin Chambers said in court that聽Brown聽rejected a deal to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and receive a sentence of time served.聽Brown聽spent the night in jail in Washington after his arrest and also served time in California after acknowledging he violated probation by committing a crime in Washington. He was released from jail in early June.

The Grammy-winning artist has had several flare-ups since the attack on Rihanna, including being accused of breaking a window after a 2011 "Good Morning America" interview and being involved in a fistfight with singer Frank Ocean's entourage, but none of them have led to charges. He also went to rehab for anger management, but was kicked out.

In the Washington case, the singer's attorney, Mark Geragos, said defense lawyers and prosecutors couldn't agree on a statement of facts about what happened outside the W hotel.

"They wanted him to read from a script that wasn't true," Geragos said after the hearing.

Asked what disagreement was over, Geragos declined to say.

The attorneys had been in talks until hours before the hearing, but could not resolve the issue. A trial for聽Brown聽was scheduled for Sept. 8. It is expected to take a day and a half.

"If they want a trial, that's what they'll get," Geragos said outside court where fans mobbed聽Brown, screaming and taking photographs of the singer.

Also in court was聽Brown's聽bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, who was charged in the same Washington scuffle. Hollosy was accused of being the second person after聽Brown聽to strike Parker Adams, the man who said聽Brown聽became agitated after Adams tried to take a selfie with聽Brown聽and two women Adams was with. Hollosy was convicted of misdemeanor assault in April but has not yet been sentenced.

Hollosy's attorney, Bernard Grimm, was granted more time to ask for a new trial after he said there was potential new evidence in the case. He did not say publicly what it was.

Brown's聽lawyers have said they want Hollosy to testify at聽Brown's聽trial. He's expected to say that he, not聽Brown, struck Adams.