Embattled pop/R&B singer Chris Brown will have to face the music in his assault case in D.C., as the presiding judge has set a trial date as of today. 

Reuters is reporting that Brown will have to stand before a jury of his peers beginning on April 17. The 24-year-old, who is currently in a California facility undergoing treatment for anger management (too little, too late, says this reporter), is facing misdemeanor charges stemming from an assault incident that occured outside a DC hotel; the incident effectively revoked the five-year probation that he was on for the 2009 savage beating of his then-girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. 

If convicted, the pop star will have to serve time both for the misdemeanor assault and the original assault charge on Rihanna. The D.C. judge has granted permission for the crooner to get the help he needs in a California facility; Brown has rejected all offers that will allow him to plead the case down to a simple assault, which will allow him to not serve any jail time. 

Meanwhile, according to ABC News, Brown and his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, are being sued by D.C. native Parker Issac Adams for a total of $3 million ($1.5 million from each man; $1 million each for compensatory damages, $500,000 each for punitive damages). Adams is claiming that, in the altercation outside the hotel that landed Brown in the hot water that he's currently facing, he was severely injured. Adams, 20, was trying to get a picture of Brown when he was punched repeatedly in the face by both the star and his bodyguard; a lawyer for Adams says that his client is enduring continuous pain and suffering as a result of the punches, hence the lawsuit.

It doesn't look like Chris will be getting out of trouble anytime soon.