Bobby Brown will be arrested if he sets foot in Massachusetts, after failing to turn up for a court hearing over child support payments. As previously reported, Brown has been in and out of court over child support, on one occasion sentenced to 90 days in prison unless he paid up. Now the mother of his two children, Kim Ward, says that he is again in arrears, and presently owes two months' worth of payments - which amounts to $11,000.
Brown's lawyer Phaedra Parks explained that Brown's high profile separation from wife Whitney Houston has not helped, saying: "It's just a very difficult time for him, as you can well imagine. The media is very aware of this very public divorce that's going on right now. It's unfortunate we find ourselves back in Boston on this matter."
Judge Paula Carey wasn't particularly sympathetic, saying: "Whether or not he's going through a divorce doesn't negate the fact that he still owes child support relative to his two children that he had prior to his marriage".