In January, People reported that Brown was arrested after a family dispute with his girlfriend and girlfriend's mother in Barstow, California. He was charged with battery against a spouse. When Barstow officers found Brown also had an active arrest warrant from 2016 charges, he was charged with resisting a peace officer and possession of a controlled substance. The 2016 charges emerged when Brown allegedly hit his girlfriend in a police station parking lot and was found to be in possession of meth, according to Sgt. Paul Kranke with the Torrance Police Department.