Bobby Brown Turns Himself In For DUI Conviction

First Published: March 20, 2013 2:55 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Bobby Brown attends a taping of BET’s 106 & Park at the BET Studios on January 24, 2008 in New York CityBobby Brown has surrendered to authorities and will begin a 55-day jail sentence for a driving under the influence conviction.

Brown’s attorney and a spokesman for the city attorney’s office say the R&B singer turned himself in at a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday.

Brown pleaded no contest to DUI and driving on a suspended license in February. He will also be required to serve four years on informal probation and complete an 18-month alcohol treatment program after he is released.

The conviction is Brown’s second for DUI in less than a year. He avoided jail after pleading no contest to a March 2012 drunk driving case.

The 44-year-old New Edition singer is the ex-husband of deceased singer Whitney Houston.

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