Bobby Brown Jailed...

[Reuters Report]

Singer Brown Sent to Jail for Probation Violation
Fri Feb 27, 2004 05:42 PM ET

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Entertainer Bobby Brown on Friday was sentenced to 60 days in a Georgia jail for violating probation related to a drunken driving case, court officials said.

Brown, the husband of singer and actress Whitney Houston, was sentenced to jail for several probation violations including failure to take drug tests and pay fees, according to the clerk's office at DeKalb County State Court.

Brown, who has a history of run-ins with the law dating back to his youth in Boston, will get credit for seven days he had served in jail before Friday's hearing. The singer had been held without bond in jail since last week.

In December, Brown was charged with battery after a domestic dispute with Houston, in which police said she suffered facial injuries that included a bruise on her left cheek. He is scheduled to appear in court in May on that misdemeanor charge.

Brown's hit songs include "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step."

NEWSFILE: 27 FEBRUARY 2004