LOS ANGELES - THE patriarch of the sibling piano group 5 Browns was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison by a judge in Provo, Utah for sexually abusing his daughters when they were children, a report said on Thursday.
Keith Brown, 55, was ordered to serve concurrent terms of 10 years to life in prison on a single count of sodomy on a child, and one to 15 years on two counts of sexual abuse of a child, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Brown pleaded guilty to the felony charges in February after nearly six months of negotiations with prosecutors. His three adult daughters publicly confirmed that they had been victimised by him during the 1990s.
The sisters - Desirae, 32, Deondra, 30, and Melody, 26 - are joined in the group by their brothers Ryan and Gregory.
Their father formerly managed the group.
The plea deal, to which the sisters consented, meant that the sentences were at the lighter end of what Brown would have faced had he gone to trial and been convicted.
Source: ST Online/REUTERS
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