Chris Brown could miss assault hearing due to travel hold-ups

Chris Brown may be forced to miss a court hearing today after he was delayed travelling across the US.

The singer, who is accused of misdemeanour assault, is delayed in transit after being taken from Los Angeles County jail on Thursday for the hearing in Washington D.C.

According to website TMZ, it is "unclear" whether the singer will make it to the hearing, following multiple stops en route to pick up other prisoners.

Brown, 24, is accused of breaking Parker Adams' nose when he tried to insert himself in a photograph that the singer was taking with two female fans outside the W Hotel in Washington D.C. last October.

The Grammy-winner is scheduled to appear in front of a judge with his lawyer trying to get all charges against him dropped but has still not arrived in the city.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, will be in the courtroom in a bid to get his client's case dismissed on the grounds that prosecutors misused the grand jury system to prepare for trial.

On Friday, prosecutors filed new court documents in which they explained they are taking the case before a grand jury, as they believe they have the evidence to support a felony prosecution.

According to previous reports, they stated that the alleged victim's injuries were serious enough to require hospitalisation, which could be enough to get the charges upgraded and see the troubled singer face a longer stint in jail.

If Geragos fails to have the charges dropped, Brown, who was jailed last month after breaching his probation terms following his assault on Rihanna in 2009, will be forced to remain in prison until the trial begins on April 17.