Fast jail release for Bobby Brown

Brown spent one night in jail before paying the money

Singer Bobby Brown has been released from jail a day into a 90-day sentence after paying $63,500 (£34,81) in child support he owed to a former partner.

After his release a judge in Massachusetts ordered him to set up an educational trust fund for his two children, aged 12 and 14.

Brown, who is married to Whitney Houston, must also apply for life insurance to benefit his children.

He has been jailed twice this year, the first time for violation of probation.

Brown, 35, had agreed 10 years ago to pay child support and set up a trust for the two children he fathered during his relationship with Kim Ward.

But he did not follow up on the agreement, leading to his conviction for contempt of court.

He was sentenced on Wednesday, just days after he was released two days early from DeKalb County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was serving 60 days for probation violation.

He told the family court that he did not have the money to pay Ms Ward because he no longer had an income.

Future court date

But Judge Paula Carey did not believe his testimony and told him he would spend up to 90-days in jail unless he came up with the money.

He spent one night behind bars before the money was paid to the court.

Brown is still facing a charge of battery after allegedly hitting Houston during an altercation in December 2003.

He is due to face that charge in a Georgia court on 5 May.

Houston, who has one child with Brown, was recently admitted to a drug treatment clinic, but spent only five days there.