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December 17, 2003
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Bobby Brown Charged
with Hitting Whitney
Whitney Hous­
ton and her
husband, Bobby
Brown, perform
during the “VH1
Divas " duets
show last May.
(AP photo)
George Clinton
Musician’s Drug
Search Called Illegal
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Buju Banton
Couple leaves
court together
(AP) — Singer Bobby Brown was charged
with battery in an Atlanta, Ga. courtroom last
W ednesday, three days after he allegedly hit
his wife, singer and actress W hitney Houston.
Fulton C ounty police spokesm an Kurtis
Y oung said Brown, 34, turned him self in.
Brow n and H ouston left Fulton C ounty
M agistrate Court together after they and
their attorneys met with police.
Brow n is scheduled to appear at a prelim i­
nary hearing Jan. 7.
B ro w n 's law yer, M aurice Bennett, told
(A P) — G ram m y nom inee Buju Banton has
pleaded innocent to m arijuana charges in a Jam ai­
can court.
Police said they were conducting routine anti­
drug raids in Jam aica's capital last w eek and found
th re e fu lly -g ro w n m a riju a n a p la n ts in the
entertainer’s hom e w eighing 2 pounds. A police
official initially said officers found 30 plants.
Banton faces m arijuana possession and culti­
vation charges that carry a m axim um penalty o f six
m onths in jail and fines. H e’s scheduled to appear
in court again Jan. 9.
B anton’s “Friends for L ife” album w as nom i­
nated Dec. 4 for best reggae album at the 46th
annual G ram m y A w ards, set for Feb. 8 at the
Staples C enter arena in Los A ngeles.
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The A tlanta Journal-C onstitution that his cli­
ent and Houston were trying to w ork out the
problem “as husband and w ife.”
H ouston, 40, declined com m ent, but her
lawyer, M ark Trigg, echoed B ennett’s com ­
m ents, saying: “She is trying to resolve the
m atter privately.”
H ouston told police Sunday that Brown
had struck h ero n the left side o f her face with
an open right hand at the couple’s hom e near
A lpharetta. Brown then went to the airport for
a flight to Los A ngeles, the police report said.
Police said Houston had a bruised cheek
and a cut inside her upper lip.
H ouston and Brown have been m arried
since 1992. They have a 10-year-old daughter,
Bobbi Kristina.
Reggae Singer Hit
with Pot Charge
CONNECTION
tinuing to co n d em n E m inem , c all­
ing hi s second apology i nadeq uate
as the rap s ta r,trie s to d ism iss
so m e ra c ist ra n tin g s from the
p a st as th e re s u lt o f y o u th fu l
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racism in hip-hop.
T h e S o u rce says it has p ro o f
from actual reco rd in g s m ad e that
E m inem m ade racist an d o ffe n ­
sive track s in 1993 w hen he w as
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