Preliminary battery trial for R&B singer Brown postponed

February 4, 2004

ATLANTA (AP) – A preliminary hearing for singer Bobby Brown, charged with battery after he allegedly hit his wife, singer-actress Whitney Houston, has been postponed from Wednesday to May 5, a Fulton County magistrate court clerk said.
Police responded to a call by Houston to the couple’s home near Alpharetta in December. She told police Brown had struck her on the left side of her face. Police said Houston had a bruised cheek and a cut inside her upper lip.
Simple battery is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Normally on a first offense in domestic violence cases, the charge is dismissed if the defendant undergoes counseling.
Houston, 40, and Brown, 35, have been married since 1992. They have a 10-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

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