Arrest warrant for Brown over child maintenance

An arrest warrant was issued for blues singer Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a US court on a contempt complaint.

Judge Christina Harms ordered Brown arrested the next time he is in Massachusetts.

Register of Probate Patrick McDermott said that by June, Brown had fallen $45,000 (€31,481) behind in child support payments for the two teenage children he had with former girlfriend Kim Ward.

The 40-year-old Brown is supposed to pay €5,500 (€3,848) in child support per month for the children.

Brown was jailed for four days in 2007 for failing to make the payments.