Singer Bobby Brown, the
ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, was sentenced to 55 days in jail on
Tuesday after admitting to driving drunk last year.
Brown pleaded no contest, an admission of guilt
under California law, to driving under the influence and driving on a suspended
license in October in a Los Angeles suburb.
Police said they stopped Brown after seeing him
driving erratically, and that he failed a field sobriety test. It was his
second arrest for drunken driving in 2012.
Brown did not appear in court on Tuesday and his
plea was entered by his attorney. He must report to jail on March 20
The New Edition singer was also sentenced to four
years probation, ordered to install an ignition interlock device and to attend
an alcohol counseling program.
Brown and Houston divorced in 2007 after 15 years
of what Houston later described as a drug- and alcohol-fueled marriage. Houston
drowned accidentally in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub on February 11, 2012,
from the effects of heart disease and cocaine.
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