Editing Bobby Brown (section)

== Personal life ==
In 1995, Brown was with Steven Sealy when Sealy was targeted in a drive-by shooting. Sealy, Brown's sister's boyfriend, was killed and Brown was unharmed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1996-03-30-3071266-story.html|title=Spotlight On: Bobby Brown R&b Bad Boy Trying To Walk 'A Thin Line'|work=Morning Call|date=March 30, 1996 |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20102406,00.html|title=Not Who You Think She Is|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> The shooter, John Tibbs, took a plea agreement in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-70029434/admits-95-slaying-plea-agreement|title=Admits to '95 slaying in plea agreement. (News)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124649/http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-70029434/admits-95-slaying-plea-agreement|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>

Brown's parents, Carole and Herbert Brown, died within a year of each other. Carole died in 2011 and Herbert "Pops" in January 2012, a month before Bobby's former wife Whitney Houston's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/01/whitney-houston-sings-bobby-brown-carole-brown-funeral-new-edition-video/|title=Whitney Houston Performs at Mama Brown's Family Funeral|work=tmz.com|date=February 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/10/bobby-brown-dad-dead/|title=Bobby Brown's Dad Herbert -- Dead at 82|work=tmz.com|date=December 11, 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>

=== Marriages ===
Brown first met [[Whitney Houston]] at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]] in 1989 when he was 20. They began a close friendship after Houston invited Brown to her 26th birthday party that August. Their friendship developed into a romance. In 1991, Brown proposed to Houston and the couple married at Houston's estate on July 18, 1992. Their daughter [[Bobbi Kristina Brown]] was born in 1993.<ref name=":1">{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20110013,00.html | title = Passages | first = Maria | last = Speidel | work = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = March 22, 1993 | access-date = July 10, 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202164534/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20110013%2C00.html | archive-date = February 2, 2014 }}</ref> Houston and Brown later collaborated on the hit single "[[Something in Common]]", which included their daughter at the end of the music video. Due to their combined successes in pop and R&B music, the couple earned a ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' around 1999 as the "most successful star couple".<ref name=GWR>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinness1999book00slgu/page/18/mode/1up?view=theater&q=whitney+houston |title=The Guinness 1999 book of records |author=Young, Mark |page=18 |date=1999 |isbn=9780965238397 |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> In 2000, Houston thanked Brown during her acceptance speech for winning the Grammy Award for [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] for the 1999 hit, "[[It's Not Right but It's Okay]]", which many in the media speculated was hinting at the couple's volatile marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/gallery/111119_Songs_About_Celebs/31224 |title=Songs About Celebs |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=May 31, 2011 |accessdate=April 20, 2025}}</ref>

Throughout their marriage, there were rumors of infidelity on Brown's part, [[Alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and [[substance abuse]], and domestic violence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=December 10, 2003|title=Bobby Brown charged with battery|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/10/brown.charged/index.html}}</ref> Their personal issues became fodder for talk shows, [[tabloid media|tabloids]] and sketch comedy shows. Some sketch comedy shows portrayed Brown as a has-been who was jealous of his wife's celebrity status. In 2003, Brown was charged with battery after an altercation with Houston.<ref name=":2" />

In 2005, the couple participated in the reality show ''[[Being Bobby Brown]]'', which gave a picture of their lives behind the scenes.<ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/whitneys-dookie-bubble-6548991|title=Whitney's Dookie Bubble|last=Lindsey D.|first=Craig|date=July 14, 2005|website=Houston Press}}</ref> In September 2006, Houston filed for [[legal separation]] and later divorce.<ref name=":11">{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/whitney-houston-bobby-brown-split-wbna14819663|title=Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown split|date=September 13, 2006|website=TODAY.com|language=en}}</ref> Their divorce was finalized on April 24, 2007, with Houston receiving custody of their 14-year-old daughter.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://people.com/celebrity/whitney-houston-files-for-divorce/ | title = Whitney Houston Files for Divorce |access-date=February 8, 2009 | date = November 18, 2006 | author = Silverman, Stephen M. | work = [[People (magazine)|People]] | publisher = [[Time, Inc]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6529135.stm | work=BBC News | title=Houston wins custody of daughter | date=April 5, 2007 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> In a September 2009 interview with [[Oprah Winfrey]], Houston admitted to sometimes using drugs with Brown, stating that Brown had "laced marijuana with [[cocaine]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/houston-details-drug-use-we-laced-marijuana-with-rock-cocaine_1116018 |title=Whitney Houston&nbsp;– Houston Details Drug Use: 'We Laced Marijuana With Rock Cocaine|publisher=Contact Music |date=September 15, 2009 |accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref> Houston also told Winfrey that Brown had been abusive during their marriage and even spat on her on one occasion while drunk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/whitney-houston-discusses-bobby-brown-oprah-winfrey/story?id=8568203|author=Sheila Marikar|title=Whitney Houston Reveals Dark Days With Bobby Brown: 'He Spit on Me'|work = ABC News|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref>

Following the [[Death of Whitney Houston|death of Houston]] on February 11, 2012, six days after his 43rd birthday, Brown struggled to perform at a New Edition show, shouting "I love you, Whitney" in tears.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/506195/bobby-brown-deeply-saddened-asks-for-privacy|title=Bobby Brown Says 'I Love You, Whitney' During Emotional Concert|date=February 12, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> Brown then excused himself from the stage and New Edition finished the remainder of the show. Brown appeared at Houston's memorial service in [[New Jersey]] but was asked to leave by the family's security. In an interview given to ''[[The Today Show]]'' in May 2012, Brown said security was the reason he and his family left the service; Brown stated that he loved Houston's family and told [[Matt Lauer]] that he had spent "14 beautiful years" with Houston as his wife.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 1, 2012|title=Bobby Brown Speaks Out on Whitney Houston's Funeral in 'Today' Interview|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bobby-brown-whitney-houston-death-today-318768|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 2, 2012}}</ref> Along with [[Clive Davis]], [[Ray J]], and others, Brown has been accused of contributing to the singer's death, which he denies.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Furek|first=M.W.|date=2015|title=Gotcha…Playing the Whitney Houston Blame Game|magazine=Counselor, the Magazine for Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals|location=Deerfield Beach, Florida|publisher=Health Communications, Inc.|volume=16|issue=4|pages=14–17}}</ref>

In 2009, Brown had a son named Cassius with his partner of two years, manager Alicia Etheredge.<ref>Brown in {{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/06/04/bobby-brown-welcomes-son-cassius/|title=Bobby Brown Welcomes Son Cassius|date=June 4, 2009|work=People|quote=I just had a baby. Four days ago — my son Cassius.|access-date=November 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323082909/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/06/04/bobby-brown-welcomes-son-cassius/|archive-date=March 23, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brown and Etheredge became engaged in May 2010, when Brown proposed during a performance at the Funk Fest in [[Jacksonville, Florida]].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 9, 2010|title=Bobby Brown Gets Engaged – On Stage!|url=https://people.com/celebrity/bobby-brown-gets-engaged-on-stage/|magazine=People}}</ref> The couple married on June 18, 2012, in [[Hawaii]] and have since had two daughters.<ref name="PeopleWedding">{{cite news|date=June 19, 2012|title=Bobby Brown Is Married|work=People|url=https://people.com/celebrity/bobby-brown-marries-alicia-etheredge/}}</ref>

=== Children ===
Brown has fathered seven children. His eldest, Landon, was born on June 22, 1986, to Melika Williams.<ref name="PeopleWedding" /> He has two children with Kim Ward, whom he met around 1980; daughter La'Princia<ref>Spelling per her Twitter account: [https://twitter.com/laprinciaxo La'Princia Q. Brown]. Retrieved on February 24, 2016.</ref> (b. 1989) and son Bobby Brown Jr. (1991–2020). His and Ward's on-and-off 11-year relationship ended in 1991. At three months pregnant, Ward found out Brown was engaged to Whitney Houston.<ref name="bostonmagazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/bobby-browns-bum-rap/|title=Bobby Brown's Bum Rap|last=Wolfson|first=John|date=July 2004|work=Boston Magazine|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220090653/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/bobby-browns-bum-rap/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Houston suffered miscarriages in 1992, 1994, and 1996. His only child with Houston was [[Bobbi Kristina Brown]] (1993–2015). Brown has three children with Alicia Etheredge: a son born in 2009, and daughters born in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 16, 2015|title=Bobby Brown Names His Newborn Daughter Amid Bobbi Kristina Tragedy|work=[[Us Weekly]]|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobby-brown-names-his-baby-daughter-bodhi-jameson-rein--2015167}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=July 30, 2016|title=Bobby Brown's Newborn Daughter's Name Is Revealed: 'I'm Grateful'|work=[[Us Weekly]]|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobby-browns-newborn-daughters-name-is-revealed-w431816}}</ref>

In January 2015, Brown's daughter Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious in her bathtub at her residence in [[Roswell, Georgia]]. The 21-year-old was rushed to North Fulton Hospital where she was placed on a ventilator in a medically induced coma to stop the swelling of her brain. It was reported her brain activity was "low". Brown rushed to his daughter's side and released a statement to the press requesting them to respect the family's privacy. She was later transferred to [[Emory University Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-bobbi-kristina-hospitalized/index.html|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown moved to new hospital amid fight for life|date=February 3, 2015 }}</ref> After doctors concluded significant brain function was unlikely to occur, Bobbi Kristina was removed from the ventilator and put in the care of Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. She died there on July 26, 2015, at age 22.<ref name="BKB_dead">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/us/bobbi-kristina-brown-dies/|title=Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22|last=Respers France|first=Lisa|date=July 26, 2015|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=July 26, 2015}}</ref>

On November 18, 2020, Brown's son Bobby Jr., age 28, was found dead in his home.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Brown's Son Bobby Jr. Dead at 28|url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/11/18/bobby-brown-son-bobby-jr-dead-dies/|access-date=November 19, 2020|website=TMZ|date=November 19, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/bobby-brown-pays-instagram-tribute-to-late-son-three-years-after-death-8407175#:~:text=Bobby%20Brown%20Jr.,Digital%20Writer%2FEditor%20at%20PEOPLE.|magazine=People|title=Bobby Brown Pays Instagram Tribute to Late Son Three Years After Death|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> His death was ruled an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/music/bobby-brown-jr-cause-of-death-cocaine-fentanyl-alcohol-overdose/|magazine=People|title=Bobby Brown Jr. Died of Accidental Overdose of Cocaine, Fentanyl and Alcohol: Coroner|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>

=== Health and drug use ===
As a child, Brown was diagnosed with [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADD]] and later with [[bipolar disorder]] at age 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bipolar.about.com/od/singersmusicians/p/bobby_brown.htm|title=Bobby Brown|author=Marcia Purse|work=About.com Health|access-date=June 25, 2015|archive-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626140015/http://bipolar.about.com/od/singersmusicians/p/bobby_brown.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brown said that his drug of choice was [[marijuana]] and that he had developed [[alcoholism]] at an early age. Brown was doing drugs all his life before he met Whitney Houston <ref>{{cite web|first=Zach|last=Seemayer|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/190546_bobby_brown_opens_up_about_doing_drugs_with_whitney_houston_denies_abuse_allegations/|title=Bobby Brown Opens Up About Doing Drugs With Whitney Houston, Denies Abuse Allegations: 'I've Never Been a Violent Person'|website=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|date=June 7, 2016|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> Brown often contradicted himself on when he began using cocaine, claiming that he didn't begin using cocaine until after meeting Houston, though he later admitted on his ''Behind the Music'' documentary in 2009 that he had been using cocaine prior to meeting Houston.<ref name=":8" /> 

Throughout the 1990s, his drug addiction worsened and at one point he was cooking cocaine and using [[heroin]].<ref name=":8" />

According to former gang member David Collins, Brown was kidnapped by New York street gang the Preacher Crew over a $25,000 drug debt in 1993. Houston paid a $400,000 [[ransom]] to the gang who threatened to kill Brown. The incident was never reported to authorities.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Green|first=Jonathan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMI6DwAAQBAJ&q=bobby+brown+kidnapped+1993&pg=PT263|title=Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2018|isbn=978-0-393-24450-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/93345/Whitney-Houston-pays-off-drug-gangsters|title=Whitney Houston pays off drug gangsters|last=Parker|first=Mike|date=April 5, 2009|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

=== Arrests ===
Since 1989, Brown has been arrested multiple times for various offenses:
* In September 1990, Brown was charged with disorderly conduct for refusing to leave a restaurant after his brother Tommy was arrested.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/1990/09/25/bobby-brown-held-for-aiding-brother/|title=Bobby Brown Held For Aiding Brother|date=September 25, 1990|work=The Buffalo News}}</ref>
* In April 1995, Brown and two friends were charged in the beating of a nightclub patron in Orlando. Police reported that, after his arrest, Brown urinated in a police patrol car and scratched four-letter words in the vinyl. The charges were dropped after the victim settled a civil lawsuit against Brown.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-12-24-9612230381-story.html|title=Bobby Brown Faces DUI Charge In Hollywood|last=Fitzgerald|first=Henry|date=December 24, 1996|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
* In August 1995, Brown was cited for battery after police said he kicked a hotel security guard who was sent to his room to investigate noise complaints.<ref name=":3" />
* In January 1998, Brown was convicted in Florida of [[driving under the influence]] and causing property damage.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=February 16, 1998|title=Bobby Brown Found Guilty Of Drunk Driving; Gets Five Days In Jail And Drug Treatment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SMQDAAAAMBAJ&q=bobby+brown+1996+drunk&pg=PA64|journal=Jet|page=64}}</ref> The charges stemmed from 1996, when Brown crashed Houston's sports car into a condominium sign.<ref name=":3" /> He served five days in jail then was released on probation.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/15/bobby.brown.warrant/|title=Warrant issued for Bobby Brown|date=January 16, 2003|work=CNN}}</ref>
* In June 1998, Brown was arrested on suspicion of [[sexual battery]] for allegedly slapping a woman's bottom at the Beverly Hills Hotel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-06-22-9806230087-story.html|title=Bobby Brown Investigated On Sexual Battery Complaint|date=June 22, 1998|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/36605/bobby-brown-busted-in-beverly-hills|title=Bobby Brown Busted in Beverly Hills|last=Ryan|first=Joal|date=June 23, 1998|website=E! Online|language=en-US}}</ref> The case was dropped due to insufficient evidence.<ref name=":11" />
* From May to June 2000, Brown spent 26 days in jail after he was arrested by [[United States Customs Service|U.S. Customs agents]] in New Jersey following a trip from the Bahamas.<ref name=":0" /> The arrest stemmed from an outstanding warrant for violating probation in his 1996 drunken driving conviction. The warrant had been issued in June 1999, after Brown's probation officer reported that cocaine had been found in his urine test twice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/05/23/bobby-brown-told-stay-jail/|title=Bobby Brown is told to stay in jail|last=Reese|first=Lori|date=May 23, 2000|website=EW|language=en|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
* In November 2002, Brown was arrested on drug and traffic charges, and later discovered he was wanted on the 1996 warrant.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />
* In January 2003, Brown served an eight-day sentence in the [[DeKalb County, Georgia]], jail after he pleaded guilty to a 1996 drunken driving charge and a count of speeding.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72622/bobby-brown-sentenced-to-eight-days-in-jail|title=Bobby Brown Sentenced To Eight Days In Jail|date=January 17, 2003|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
* In August 2003, Brown was sentenced to 14 days in jail for probation violations stemming from a 1996 drunken driving charge. His sentence was followed by 60 days of house arrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1477682/bobby-brown-sentenced-for-probation-violations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119215847/http://www.mtv.com/news/1477682/bobby-brown-sentenced-for-probation-violations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 19, 2014|title=Bobby Brown Sentenced For Probation Violations|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=August 27, 2003|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref>
* In December 2003, Brown was charged with [[Battery (crime)|battery]] for striking his wife, Whitney Houston, and threatening to beat her."<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481058/12112003/brown_bobby.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225070843/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481058/12112003/brown_bobby.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2004|title=Bobby Brown Turns Himself In, Appears In Court With Whitney At His Side|website=[[MTV News]]|publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|location=New York City|date=December 3, 2003|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> Police reported that Houston had visible injuries to her face.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=January 5, 2004|title=Bobby Brown Charged With Battery After Allegedly Hitting Whitney Houston|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLUDAAAAMBAJ&q=bobby+brown+jet+2004&pg=PA63|journal=Jet|page=63}}</ref>
* In March 2004, Brown was sentenced to 90 days in jail for owing $63,000 in back [[child support]] to Kim Ward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1485955/bobby-brown-jailed-again-for-failure-to-pay-child-support/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717005716/http://www.mtv.com/news/1485955/bobby-brown-jailed-again-for-failure-to-pay-child-support/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2015|title=Bobby Brown Jailed (Again) For Failure To Pay Child Support|last=Nadira A. Hira|date=March 24, 2004|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/03/25/Bobby-Brown-jailed-for-no-child-support/55801080235077/|title=Bobby Brown jailed for no child support|date=March 25, 2004|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> After one night in jail, he was released when Houston paid off the debt.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 12, 2004|title=Singer Bobby Brown Pays $63,500 In Back Child Support; Released From Jail|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jb8DAAAAMBAJ&q=bobby+brown|journal=Jet|page=35}}</ref>
* In June 2004, Brown received a suspended 90-day prison sentence for missing three consecutive child support payments. The sentence was suspended after six days when Brown made the back payments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1488453/bobby-brown-pays-child-support-avoids-jail/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802162751/http://www.mtv.com/news/1488453/bobby-brown-pays-child-support-avoids-jail/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2020|title=Bobby Brown Pays Child Support, Avoids Jail|author=Alyssa Rashbaum|date=June 15, 2004|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref>
* In February 2007, Brown was sentenced to 30 days in jail for unpaid child support in the amount of $20,000 to Kim Ward.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brown-arrest-idUSN2622244120070227|title=Bobby Brown jailed over child support|date=February 27, 2007|work=Reuters|language=en}}</ref> He was released after three days when a radio station paid his fees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/news/bobby-brown-free-after-paying-child-support-wbna17399817|title=Bobby Brown free after paying child support|date=March 1, 2007|website=TODAY.com|language=en}}</ref>
* In April 2012, Brown was arrested for drunken driving.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/24/us/ap-us-bobby-brown-dui.html|title=Bobby Brown Arrested in Los Angeles; DUI Suspicion|date=October 24, 2012|work= The New York Times }}</ref> He spent time in a "confidential rehabilitation center" as part of his plea deal.<ref name=":5">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/02/27/showbiz/bobby-brown-jail/index.html|title=Bobby Brown ordered to jail for DUI|last=Duke|first=Alan|date=February 28, 2013|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Brown Is Back in Rehab, Wife Alicia Etheredge Says |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobby-brown-is-back-in-rehab-wife-alicia-etheredge-says-2012148|magazine=[[US Weekly]]|date=August 14, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>
* In October 2012, Brown was arrested for drunken driving.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/24/showbiz/bobby-brown-arrest/index.html|title=Bobby Brown arrested again on DUI charge|last=Duke|first=Alan|date=October 24, 2012|website=CNN}}</ref> He was ordered to attend at least three [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] sessions each week until he reported to the [[Los Angeles County Jail|Los Angeles County jail]].<ref name=":5" /> In February 2013, Brown was sentenced to 55 days in jail and four years of summary probation following his second drunken driving conviction in a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bobby-brown-55-days-article-1.1274337|newspaper=New York Daily News|title=Bobby Brown slapped with 55-day jail sentence on drunk-driving rap|date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> He was released after serving nine hours and put on electronic monitoring by [[Los Angeles County Probation Department|Los Angeles County Probation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/21/showbiz/bobby-brown-free/|title=Bobby Brown out of jail in hours|last=Duke|first=Alan|date=March 21, 2013|work=CNN|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/03/bobby-brown-serves-9-hours-of-55-day-sentence/|title=Bobby Brown Serves 9 Hours of 55 Day Sentence|work=ABC News|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>