Reuters People News Summary

Following is a summary of current people news briefs. Singer Chris Brown files slander case over Paris rape allegation

American singer Chris Brown filed a legal complaint for defamation on Thursday after a woman accused him of rape in Paris, his lawyer said. Brown, 29, denied the accusation. He was released this week after one night in police custody and no charges were brought against him. New York parking squabble lands Alec Baldwin in anger-management class

Actor Alec Baldwin on Wednesday agreed to take anger-management training, as he pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to a harassment charge for a November confrontation in which he was accused of punching someone over a parking spot. The 60-year-old actor, currently known for his impersonation of U.S. President Donald Trump on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment before a judge ordered him to pay a $120 fine and to return to court in March to show that he had completed the anger-management class. Popular Zimbabwean musician Mtukudzi dies

Zimbabwe's most successful and internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi died on Wednesday after suffering from diabetes, ending a career that spanned four decades and 67 albums. The 66-year-old singer, affectionately known as "Tuku", died at a local clinic on Wednesday afternoon, the Minister of Information Monica Mutsvangwa said. Remains of Australia explorer Flinders found in London rail dig

Archaeologists have found the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, a British Royal Navy explorer who was the first to sail around Australia and is credited with naming it, while working on a rail project connecting London to other cities. Flinders' coffin was discovered among 40,000 other human remains in St James's burial ground during digging ahead of the construction of the Euston station terminal for the High Speed 2 (HS2) network, which will link the capital to Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds.