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Singer Bobby Brown released after one day in prison for failure to pay child support
submitted by: Lisa D.
source: Associated Press
Date: March 25, 2004
DEDHAM, Mass. -- Singer Bobby Brown was released from jail Thursday after spending a night behind bars for failing to pay $63,500 in child support.
Brown was released from a Dedham jail after the Norfolk Probate and Family Court received the money. Television footage showed Brown getting into a car and being driven away.
On Wednesday, Family Court Judge Paula Carey found Brown in contempt of court and ordered him jailed for 90 days or until he could come up with the money.
Brown, a Boston native, had testified that he was unable to pay the child support he owes for the children, now 12 and 14, that he fathered with Kim Ward of Stoughton. The source of the support payment was not immediately clear.
Brown had been released three days early from a jail in DeKalb County, Ga., so he could attend the Massachusetts hearing.
In Georgia, Brown had been serving a 60-day sentence for violating his probation on a drunken driving charge. The violations included his refusal to take drug tests and pay his probation fees, and failing to show proof that he attended counseling and completed his house arrest.
Brown also faces misdemeanor battery charges after he allegedly hit his wife, singer Whitney Houston, leaving her with a bruised cheek and a cut lip. He's scheduled to appear May 5 in a Fulton County, Ga., court on that charge.
Brown left R&B group New Edition in the late 1980s for a solo career. His hits include "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step," but he has become more famous for his numerous brushes with the law and his turbulent marriage with Houston. The couple lives in the Atlanta area.
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