Ray J denies crimes at Beverly Wilshire Hotel bar

Ray J has pleaded not guilty to groping a woman at Beverly Wilshire Hotel bar and resisting arrest afterward.

Los Angeles County prosecutors say Ray J – whose real name is William Ray Norwood Jr.- entered the plea Tuesday to misdemeanor charges of battery, vandalism, battery on a police officer and resisting a peace officer.

He is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing August 28.

The singer was arrested on May 30 after a woman claimed he grabed her behind at a bar at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

Police say Ray J refused to leave the bar when they arrived, became unruly and used his feet to shatter a patrol car window after being taken into custody.

Ray J is the former boyfriend of late Whitney Houston and the younger brother of singer-actress Brandy Norwood and had a brief singing career and starred with his sister in a reality show based on their family life.