Apology From Brown...

[From New York Daily News]

Singer doing more time

DECATUR, Ga. - Washed up R&B singer Bobby Brown was ordered yesterday to spend nine more days in a Georgia prison cell for violating his probation from a drunken driving conviction.

Brown's pop diva wife, Whitney Houston, arrived in court halfway into his lawyer's failed attempt to get the 33-year-old singer sprung.

Houston, who sat two rows behind Brown, received - and answered - a cell phone call during defense lawyer Maurice Bennett's presentation.

Cops arrested Brown on Friday as he and Houston dined at a seafood restaurant in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta.

The reason? Brown failed to check in with his probation office. He pleaded guilty in January to a 1996 drunken driving charge in DeKalb County.

Bennett said Brown was suffering from an elbow injury in July that kept him bedridden.

But Judge Wayne Purdom showed no sympathy, hitting Brown with the extra jail time and 60 days of house arrest.

"If you come back to court, you'll be sentenced to 120 days and you'll probably serve 90," the judge warned.

Brown also was ordered to undergo another drug assessment.

In November, he was arrested in Atlanta on charges of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana, speeding and having no driver's license or insurance.

During the hearing, the singer told Purdom, "I apologize for being back in your court and taking your time. I have no reason, I am a human being."

After the hearing, his 40-year-old Grammy-winning wife told reporters that she told Brown to "stay strong, baby."

Originally published on August 27, 2003
 

NEWSFILE: 27 AUGUST 2003