High-Profile Marriage

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R&B singer Bobby Brown, accused of battering his wife Whitney Houston on Dec. 7, 2003, married the pop diva in 1992 when both had successful singing careers. Their divorce is final April 24, 2007.

Whitney Houston, who was signed to her own record contract in 1983 when she was just 20, is the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and the cousin of R&B legend Dionne Warwick. Here, Houston, right, sits with Warwick, left, and her mother after the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 1987.

Brown started his R&B career with the group New Edition before going solo in the 1980s. Although he continues to make headlines with his brushes with the law, he has made few records in recent years. Brown, third from left, performs with New Edition after they received an award at the 24th annual American Music Awards ceremony Jan. 27, 1997 in Los Angeles.

Houston looks over her shoulder as Brown looks to her at the premiere of "The Wonderful World of Disney" movie "Cinderella," at Mann's Chinese Theater in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Oct. 13, 1997. Houston was the executive producer of the television movie and played the fairy godmother. Her big screen credits include "The Preacher's Wife," "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting To Exhale."

Houston arrives on Brown's arm at the Arista Records pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif., 2000. Houston was up for several awards at that year's 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Actress Lauren Bacall, left, greets Bobbi-Christina, the only child of Bobby Brown, right, and Whitney Houston, left, during the 4th Annual International Achievement In Arts Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Oct. 11, 1998. The award show was to benefit the Whitney Houston For Children, Inc. and the Starkey Hearing Foundation.

Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston are seen in a February 1996 photo. Their marriage reportedly got rocky when Brown began getting arrested on alcohol- and drug-related charges.

Brown and Houston arrive at Vanity Fair's Oscar party at Morton's in Hollywood, March 25, 2001.

Houston and Brown perform during the "VH1 Divas" duets show, May 22, 2003, in Las Vegas.

Brown holds back tears after a jury found him guilty of drunk driving in a 1996 accident, Jan. 29, 1998, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was ordered to serve five days in jail and to undergo drug treatment. Jurors deliberated just over an hour after Brown's lawyer wrapped up his defense, attacking the handling of blood evidence and questioning police motives in waiting four months to charge his client.

Houston greets Brown outside the North Broward Detention Center in Pompano Beach, Fla., July 7, 2000, after he was released from jail after serving a 65 days of a 75-day sentence for repeatedly violating his parole on a 1996 drunk driving conviction. He attended a drug rehabilitation program while in jail.

Entertainer Bobby Brown, cener, is handcuffed in Probate Court as his attorney, Vincent L. Dimmock, right, looks on Wednesday, March 24, 2004, in Canton, Mass. A family court judge ordered Brown jailed for 90 days or until he pays $63,500 in child support he owes the mother of two children he had with her before he married Houston.

Bobby Brown appears in Norfolk County Probate and Family Court in Canton, Mass. Thursday, March 1, 2007. The 38-year-old singer paid $19,000 in late child support and court fees and was freed after spending three nights in the Norfolk County jail.

Houston, left, and Mary J. Blige perform a duet during the "VH1 Divas" telecast from the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, May 23, 2002. Houston's own career foundered for a bit amid rumors of ill health and alcohol and drug use.

JaRul, top, and Bobby Brown sing together Jan. 11, 2003, during rehearsals for the American Music Awards where Brown and JaRul performed "Thug Lovin," in Los Angeles.

Stevie Wonder, left, and Houston perform during the "VH1 Divas" duets show, May 22, 2003 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Houston, center, Brown, second right, and other members of their entourage pose for a photo near Jerusalem's Old City walls, May 28, 2003. They were in Israel to visit the Black Hebrews, an African-American community that moved to Israel in 1969 and settled in the southern town of Dimona.

Whitney Houston arrives for the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. It was one of the Grammy winner's first public appearances since filing for divorce from Brown.