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Posted on 03/25/2004 6:47:00 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick
DEDHAM, Mass. - Singer Bobby Brown (news) was released from the county jail Thursday after spending a night behind bars for failing to pay $63,500 in child support.
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Brown was released after the Norfolk Probate and Family Court received the money.
"I thought it was paid," Brown told reporters as he left, calling the matter a "misunderstanding."
"Things happen like that when other people are dealing with your business," he said.
Brown was due back in Family Court on Friday morning. The judge had ordered him to return after the child support was paid.
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.
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 (news), 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.
"I thought it was paid," Brown told reporters as he left, calling the matter a "misunderstanding."
Anyone else have a problem mistaking child support payments of 64K?
I'm sure there's an innocent explanation.
Yeah, there is: he was on crack and forgot.
Its seems she was fine till he slithered into her life.
Thats their own thing I guess.
Yes, I think she started out gospel singing for her church.
She was such a class act, and boy could she sing.
I liked her and hope she turns it around. She would never have went off the deep end if not for drugs, and im pretty sure how she got into that gig.
She should contact her lawyer and Have BB served some papers, I agree.
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