Being Bobby Brown sometimes seems synonymous with being in some kind of trouble.
The R&B bad boy appeared in a Brockton, Massachusetts, courtroom Tuesday for a closed-door hearing on whether he will face drug charges stemming from his Dec. 1 arrest in a hotel parking lot.
Police who were responding to a report of a fight at a Holiday Inn said they found the singer outside in an SUV with what his lawyer described as "very small amounts of cocaine residue" in his possession.
A clerk magistrate has delayed making a decision on the matter while awaiting more details from police on the circumstances surrounding the situation.
The possible drug charges aren't the only legal matter on Brown's docket.
The former New Edition singer filed court documents in July seeking to overturn a decision granting ex-wife Whitney Houston sole custody of their 14-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
Both he and Houston were due in an Orange County courtroom last month for a hearing on the matter, but neither showed up.
A lawyer for Houston who attended the hearing on her behalf said Brown's failure to make an appearance seemed to render his motion dead in the water.
Neither Brown nor his attorney commented on the situation at the time.