Editing James Brown (section)

===Domestic violence arrests===
Brown was repeatedly arrested for domestic violence. On four occasions between 1987 and 1995, Brown was arrested on charges of assault against his third wife, Adrienne Rodriguez. In one incident, Rodriguez reported to authorities that Brown beat her with an iron pipe and shot at her car.<ref name="reader" /><ref name="part2" /> Rodriguez was hospitalized after the last assault in October 1995. Charges were dropped after she died in January 1996.<ref name="part2" />

In January 2004, Brown was arrested in South Carolina on a domestic violence charge, after Tomi Rae Hynie accused him of pushing her to the floor during an argument at their home, where she suffered scratches and bruises to her right arm and hip.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-brown-arrested-187057/|title=James Brown Arrested|last=Dansby|first=Andrew|date=January 29, 2004|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418211506/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-brown-arrested-187057/|url-status=live}}</ref> In June, Brown pleaded [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] to the domestic violence incident, but served no jail time. Instead, Brown was required to forfeit a US$1,087 bond as punishment.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jbrownass1.html "James Brown pleads to domestic violence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107131217/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jbrownass1.html |date=January 7, 2007 }} (2004). The Smoking Gun. Retrieved January 8, 2007.</ref>