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Bobby Out on Bail
by Lia Haberman
Jul 12, 2004, 10:00 AM PT
Bobby Brown took his sweet time surrendering to authorities Sunday
night.
The R&B singer was ordered to report to an Atlanta-area jail before midnight
for fingerprinting or else face a warrant for his arrest. Brown made it with
only four hours to spare and was then released on $2,000 bail.
The court-ordered showdown was the result of a Dec. 7 domestic spat between
Brown and his missus, Whitney Houston.
The couple had reportedly hoped to work the matter out privately, but in
May, a judge ruled that there was enough evidence for Brown to go to trial
on a misdemeanor battery charge alleging he hit Houston in the face during a
dispute at their Alpharetta, Georgia, home.
Brown, who had been in Europe accompanying Houston on a tour, turned up to
be processed at the Fulton County Jail Sunday night around 8 p.m.
"He arrived at the jail, was photographed and fingerprinted and posted his
bond," Lieutenant Clarence Huber of the Fulton County Sheriff's Department
told the Associated Press.
If convicted, the onetime New Edition member could be sentenced to a year in
jail and a $1,000 fine, but charges against first-time domestic violence
offenders are often dismissed if the defendant gets counseling.
Some therapy might not be a bad idea for the embattled entertainer, who
spent a night in jail last month for missing three consecutive child-support
payments, totaling more than $60,000, to ex-partner Kim Ward.
Prior to that big house visit, Brown spent a month in the slammer in
February for multiple probation violations stemming from a January 2003
drunken-driving conviction.
NEWSFILE:
12 JULY 2004
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