Wild Man of Music, Warts and All; Over the Past Two Decades, the Godfather of Soul has Found Himself in the Headlines for His Brushes with the Law Far More Than He has for Making Music. Now He Is in Trouble Again. Abigail Wild Describes His Chequered Life and Times

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On his arrest picture, James Brown is worn and wrinkled, his clothes untidy and his hair hilariously - probably deliberately - unkempt. The hardest-working man in showbusiness has, in the end, become the most dishevelled. The man known as Mr Dynamite, who once proudly proclaimed "it's about making the kids love the family more, love mum and dad more" was, two days ago, arrested in South Carolina on suspicion of domestic violence.

According to a police report, Brown pushed his wife, Tomi Rae, 33, to the floor in a bedroom of their Beech Island house. Rae, it is reported, fell clumsily on to a pile of luggage before Brown held a chair over her head and "threatened to kill her". She was taken to hospital for treatment to scratches and bruises on her arm and hip.

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Wild Man of Music, Warts and All; Over the Past Two Decades, the Godfather of Soul has Found Himself in the Headlines for His Brushes with the Law Far More Than He has for Making Music. Now He Is in Trouble Again. Abigail Wild Describes His Chequered Life and Times

The president of Intrigue Music, Brown's management company, issued a statement from Brown in which he said: "I would never hurt my wife. I love her very much."

Brown must now stay away from his wife, from whom he was thought to have parted last year when Brown announced crassly that they had made a "mutual showbusiness decis...

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