01/28/2004: 
Fraud & Conspiracy
Free James Brown
or, booty speaketh
referred by alert reader kilik
from AP
AIKEN, S.C. Jan. 28 - Soul singer James Brown was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly pushed his wife to the floor during an argument, authorities said.
Brown, 70, was charged with criminal domestic violence and was to remain jailed until a bond hearing Thursday morning, Aiken County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank said.
Investigators say Brown shoved his wife during an argument in a bedroom at the couple's home in Beech Island, 70 miles southwest of Columbia.
Tomi Rae Brown, 33, had scratches and bruises to her right arm and hip and was taken to a hospital, Frank said.
James Brown's publicist Simone Smalls declined to comment Wednesday.
Brown is known as the Godfather of Soul for a multitude of hits, including "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Sex Machine" and "Living in America." Last month he was honored at the Kennedy Center as "one of the most influential musicians of the past 50 years."
Brown served a 2 1/2-year prison term after a 1988 arrest on drug and assault charges and was convicted of a drug-related offense in 1998. He was granted a state pardon in May.
What? What's this? The secretary of soul and foreign minister of funk? America, is it really you?
2 Annotations Submitted
Wednesday the 28th of January, awiggins noted:
Do you think that this will affect his appointment as The Secretary of Soul and Foreign Minister of Funk?
Wednesday the 28th of January, rafuzo noted:
Probably the only man in America who looks as good, if not better, in his mugshot than his prepped appearances.
