Radio Station Pays Bobby Brown's Bill

(AP)  Bobby Brown's release after three nights in the county jail was the result of a radio station paying the $19,150 the R&B singer owed in late child-support payments and court fees, the station said Thursday.

Hot 99.5 FM, which broadcasts in the Washington D.C. area, intervened following on-air discussions and two days of negotiation with Brown's attorney, the host of the station's "The Kane Show," told The Associated Press.

"In exchange for the money, he agreed to be an employee of our radio station for one week," where he will discuss what he did wrong and how he could turn his life around, said Kane, who goes by one name. "We are going to have a very open and candid conversation."

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Brown was released at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. A judge had ordered Brown held in the Norfolk County jail in Dedham until he paid after constables arrested the singer while he was watching his daughter's cheerleading competition at a local high school.

Brown will travel to Washington D.C. and be on the air with Kane for the morning show beginning Monday. He also will make public appearances for the radio station.

"Once Friday rolls around, he's done and released — and he's on his own," Kane said.

Phaedra Parks, Brown's attorney in Atlanta where the singer lives, did not immediately return a phone call by The AP.

Parks had earlier said the singer has been struggling to meet monthly payments to Kim Ward, of Stoughton, the mother of his two teenage children. Brown and pop diva Whitney Houston are divorcing after 14 years.

"Although this agreement was put in place when he was Bobby Brown the star, this agreement is being enforced when he is not always able to find work," Parks said earlier this week. "He hasn't made an album in quite some years."

Brown, a Boston native best known for a solo hit "Don't Be Cruel," has a history of legal troubles. In June 2004 he was sentenced to 90 days in prison for missing three months of payments. That sentence was immediately suspended after Brown paid about $15,000.

Last March, Brown was nabbed for minor motor vehicle violations dating back 14 years when he arrived to watch his daughter at another cheering competition. Brown was cooperative and allowed to drive to the police station after the competition, police said.

In October, Brown paid $11,000 in delinquent child support after being threatened with arrest if he stepped back into Massachusetts. He owed more than two months' worth of payments to Ward.

[cricketmk3]

Sounds like the radio station is getting screwed. If this agreement was legally binding then they should sue Bobby Brown, who will not pay, and land him back in jail where he belongs so he can't screw anyone else.

[cdegolier]

What a complete loser, well then again so is his ex-wife.

[adckd1234]

If Bobby and his Lawyer is not cooking up a deal for him, in the vein of what Howard and Ophrah got with Sirius, or at least a Radio show on ANY station, then they both are not worth the salt that goes into their bread.

[ssbowen]

I just heard on Court TV that he re-****** on the deal with the radio station. When they called him on the phone, he said he wasn't coming and hung up on them!!

[agnim]

Bobby, you got it bad -- an addiction without end, and a selfish, self-centered and spiteful witch who won't let you breathe, and don't care if her children's father acquires a bad rep.

Guys, learn about the Venus flytrap; and be sure you examine that hole extra carefully before you stick it in there without 'gloves' on. LOL

[olebd]

Whitney must have enjoyed her drug filled life with him if she stayed around all those years. And he took a long ride on her bank accounts....lucky guy to be in that situation but too stupid and drug induced himself to keep his pants up and his nose clean.

[KOOLSTUF]

Absolutely no sympathy for this jerk, 'cause he
deserves what he gets and more (except $$$ !!!).
If he has a lawyer with any skills, why hasn't she gone back to court to argue for smaller
payments? Maybe she's afraid the Judge would
order him to get a job .....

Whitney also deserves no sympathy, because she's
been enabling him all these years, and took so
long to get enough gumption to throw him out.

[jsears334]

Has anybody heard the 911 tape from sunday, that he had "slap her across the face" and threaten to "kick her ***". Why is this man running loose, he is a danger to whitney and something is going to happen to this woman if she does'nt wise up and get a restraining order against this idiot. This guy does'nt deserve a free hand out. The agreement is to talk about straightening himself out in a week with a radio station, they better have security and handcuff ! Bobby Brown is'nt a man, he's a creep.

[macusweil]

dirt bag !! -- wish someone would be me 19k a week for being a dirt bag -- this boy's got to grow up, be a man and start living in a responsible manner.

[meswin]

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Talk about not teaching him to be responsible for the kids he makes. One week employment in exchange for over $19,000 is past due child support??? What a crock of sh|t. But apparently I'm the only one who was crazy enough to read this ridiculous article!!!