Maybe commercial radio isn’t so evil after all.
R&B singer Bobby Brown owes his new found freedom to Washington D.C. radio station Hot 99.5. The station’s The Kane Show fronted Brown the money for his back child support payments.
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Brown found himself in cuffs after attending his seventeen-year-old daughter’s cheerleading competition Sunday in Attleboro . Brown fell two months behind on child support payments to daughter LaPrincia and Bobby Jr.
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He owed $19,000.
According to an EUR Web report, Brown’s brother, Tommie arrived at a Massachusetts jail with the check for the unpaid child support.
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Brown’s freedom does come at a price. In exchange for the bail money, the singer will work with Hot 99.5 personalities for one week.
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However, the former New Edition
front man’s legal woes don’t stop here. He was scheduled to appear
before another judge yesterday to explain how he will come up with the
$5,500 for his March payment.
His lawyer, Phaedra Parks believes the court is making an example of her client.
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“It’s
unfortunate he finds himself in this situation. But the court hasn’t
exactly cut Bobby any breaks.I daresay there are a million guys out
there who are a few months behind in their child-support payments who
have not been treated the way Bobby has been treated.”

UPDATE:

According to reports, Brown failed to show up for work at the D.C. radio station.