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Want to know more about your hero? He was a wife beater-
James Brown
Arrests: 8
Convictions: 3
Time served: 5 years, 4 days
1. The Godfather of Soul, at the tender age of 15, was arrested for stealing clothes out of cars. Young Brown was sentenced to 8 years of which he served 3 years and a day.
2. In 1978, Brown sat in jail for 3 days after he defied a court order to stay in the U.S. while authorities looked into his radio stations' dealings.
3. Brown was arrested in 1986 for operating a vehicle without proof of insurance and backing his van into a car. He was fined $25.
4. Later in 1986, Brown was arrested for allegedly speeding and attempting to elude officers.
5. In 1987 Brown was hauled in for assault with intent to kill when he allegedly beat his wife with a pipe and shot into her car. Adrienne Brown stated at the time, "I want him to seek help because he's a good man. I know he loves me, and I know it's a sickness. I feel this marriage is worth saving. I love him." Charges were dropped.
6. Brown led police on a two-state car chase back and forth across the Georgia-South Carolina border in September 1988. When he was finally apprehended in a Georgia housing project, Brown was charged with assault, carrying an unlicensed pistol, and carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering. Additionally, the South Carolina police, who had blown out Brown's two front tires during the chase, charged him with assaulting a police officer and several other traffic violations. Brown was sentenced to 6 years in prison, of which he served 2, and he remains on probation for aggravated assault and failing to stop his car for a police officer. "I aggravated them and they assaulted me," said Brown at the time of the charge.
7. The following day, Brown was arrested again for allegedly driving while intoxicated and improper road movement. His 2 years in jail covered this infraction as well.
8. Brown was again arrested in 1995, after allegedly battering his wife. The singer, taken in by Aiken, South Carolina, authorities, denied the charges. Adrienne Brown, who died recently after routine surgery, also denied the most recent abuse, stating, "This has been a total mistake. James is not responsible for this accident." She claimed that she accidentally hit a mirror. Charges were dropped.
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