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Bobby Brown failed to appear in court on a contempt complaint, so the judge issued an arrest warrant.
updated 8/14/2009 2:34:16 PM ET 2009-08-14T18:34:16

An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint.

Norfolk Judge Christina Harms ordered Brown arrested the next time the singer is in Massachusetts. He failed to appear at a June 29 hearing.

The Boston Herald reports that Brown has fallen $45,000 behind in child support payments for the two teenage children he had with former girlfriend Kim Ward.

A phone message was left for Brown’s lawyer in Atlanta.

The 40-year-old Brown is a Boston native and ex-husband of Whitney Houston. He is supposed to pay $5,000 in child support per month for the children.

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

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