8 Musicians Who Were Busted For Exposing Themselves On Stage

Most fans of 90s R&B music are aware of Bobby Brown’s various run-ins with the law, most of which are drug related. But the former New Edition superstar gained notoriety early on in his solo career for stripping off most of his clothes and pulling random female fans up onto the stage to “dirty dance” with.

This brand of fan interaction first got him into trouble at a show in 1989, when Columbus, Georgia’s “lewd law” prohibited performers from simulating sex onstage. Brown was arrested mid-show for his suggestive acts, described by police officers as “hunching” (aka “humping”), and carted off to jail.

Fortunately, Brown immediately posted the $652 bail and returned to the venue to finish the show.

The singer denied any sexual inferences, saying he was only dancing with the 18-year-old fan and that he “just did a couple of pumps with my hips.” That was apparently enough to justify his arrest as a violator of the city ordinance, which had been put into place following a particularly rowdy Beastie Boys concert in 1987.

Brown found himself in an eerily similar situation four years later, once again cited by Georgia officers for simulating a sexual act on a prop bed with Queline Young, a female member of his group. This time, however, he was not taken into custody.