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[Associated Press Report]

Bobby Brown Released After Day In Jail

Singer Bobby Brown was released from county jail in Debham, Mass., yesterday (March 25) after spending a night behind bars for failing to pay $63,500 in child support. 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."

Brown was due back in Family Court this 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, the artist 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.

Edited By Jonathan Cohen. March 26, 2004, 10:45 AM ET

NEWSFILE: 26 MARCH 2004