Although his legacy was clouded by legal issues, Brown was one of the most dominant athletes (and frequent actors and action stars) of his generation
. He also, briefly, got into the world of film production with his old friend Richard Pryor; the duo’s collaboration, Indigo Productions, produced only a single film before tensions between the two men led to its dissolution.
, on multiple occasions throughout his life, Brown was accused of assault and battery, frequently against his romantic partnersPerhaps most notably, Brown was accused by his second wife, Monique Brown, of smashing her car with a shovel and threatening her in 1999 . Brown ultimately served three months in jail over failure to comply with his community service sentencing in the ensuing trial; Monique Brown later recanted her testimony, and the pair remained married until his death this week.
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