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Fleeing Bobby Brown
Being Bobby Brown isn't something we'd wish on anybody right about now.
A Massachusetts judge issued yet another arrest warrant for the entertainer Monday after the court-dodging Brown failed to appear at a hearing on his delinquent child-support payments.
It's the second warrant issued in Brown's name in just over a year stemming from his ongoing failure to pony up financial support for his two teenaged children, La Princia and Bobby Jr., with ex-girlfriend Kim Ward.
The Being Bobby Brown star was due in Canton Family Court Monday morning for a hearing on why he hasn't allegedly made good on two months worth of back payments to Ward totaling $11,000.
Judge Paula Carey failed to take pity on Brown--who made headlines last month when Whitney Houston announced plans to divorce him--or grant the repeat offender any leniency.
"If he comes into the state of Massachusetts, he will be arrested," she said. "Whether or not he is going through a divorce does not negate the fact that he still owes child support relative to his two children that he had prior to his marriage."
While Brown himself was not present at the hearing, his attorney Phaedra Parks was, though she failed to give the court any excuse or explanation for her client's absence.
"It is just a very difficult time for him, as you can well imagine," she told the Associated Press. "The media is very aware of this very public divorce that is going on right now and it's unfortunate that we find ourselves back in Boston on this matter."
While the 38-year-old "My Prerogative" singer can only be arrested upon entering the state of Massachusetts, Ward's attorney, for one, is confident that one way or another, Brown will be held accountable.
"I think the chances are very good that he will be arrested if he comes in Massachusetts," Linda Medonis told the AP. "I think it is more likely that his attorney will surrender him at some point."
Of course, being wanted in the state of Massachusetts is nothing new for Brown.
Last March, he was arrested in the city of Webster 14 years after a warrant was issued in his name for outstanding motor vehicle violations. In June 2005, an arrest warrant was issued by the state's Norfolk County Probate Court after he defied a judge's order to put money into educational trust funds for his two children with Ward.
In 2004, Brown was sentenced to 90 days in prison for missing three months of child support for the same two (of his six total) children, totaling $63,500. He served one day behind bars before his sentence was suspended after he coughed up $15,000 in back payments.
In 2003, Brown switched up his wanted status, this time leading a Georgian judge to issue an arrest warrant, though that order stemmed from misdemeanor drunken-driving charges and not, per his usual M.O., delinquent child support.
Less than three weeks ago, Houston filed for a legal separation from her husband of 14 years, the first step to her stated intention of petitioning for divorce. Houston requested sole custody of the duo's 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, with visitation rights for Brown.
Unless she also wants years of added frustration, she might be wise not to request any financial support.
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