Brown Gets 60 Days...

[From Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

Bobby Brown gets 60 days for probation violation

By DAVID SIMPSON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/27/04

Singer Bobby Brown on Friday was sentenced to 60 days in the DeKalb County Jail for violating his probation on a drunken driving charge.

Brown will get credit for the seven days he served in jail before's Friday's hearing, and he is eligible for "good time" credit that could cut his sentence in half. He likely will serve 23 days as a result of the sentence handed down today by State Court Judge Wayne Purdom, court officials say.

The judge cited Brown for violations including failure to report to probation officers and failure to take drug tests required by his probation.

Brown was more than halfway through a two-year probation stint passed down in January 2003 after the R&B singer pleaded guilty to a 1996 drunken driving charge.

His current incarceration marks the second time in six months that Brown has been in jail. He served seven days in the DeKalb County jail last August for a probation violation.

In a separate case, Brown is scheduled to appear May 5 in a Fulton County court on a misdemeanor battery charge. Police allege Brown hit his wife, Grammy-winning singer Whitney Houston, leaving her with a bruised cheek and a cut inside her lip.

Brown and Houston, 40, have been married since 1992 and have a 10-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

Brown left R&B group New Edition in the late 1980s for a solo career. His hits include "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step."

NEWSFILE: 27 FEBRUARY 2004