document: Music Stars in Public , Victims of Abuse at Home Just yesterday Keith Brown , the father of well known piano group '' `` The 5 Browns , '' '' was finally given what he deserved after sexually abusing his three daughters for years when they were children . A judge in Utah issued Brown a sentence of ten years to life after deeming him a '' `` pedophile '' '' and a '' `` danger to society . '' '' Despite Keith Brown being mentally sick and inflicting monstrous abuse on his own flesh and blood , his children are extremely talented and have received praise from listeners when featured on '' `` Oprah '' '' and when their albums reached the top of the classical music charts . The instance of a mentally perturbed father abusing his amazingly talented children is something that Detroit music fans , as well of the rest of the world , know all too well . Think legendary and groundbreaking group The Jackson Five who was one of Motown 's most famous acts . Though they were not subjected to sexual abuse that the public is aware of , they were unfairly beaten and verbally abused for years by their father Joseph Jackson . Likewise , the lovable DeBarge family who grew up in Grand Rapids and Detroit , MI , reported accounts of verbal and physical abuse by their father . Etterlene DeBarge a.k.a Bunny , lead singer of the group DeBarge , even revealed that she was sexually abused by their father . Is there a correlation between child abuse and superstardom ? Advertisement The reality is that child abuse is extremely prevalent in the U.S. , however the public gets to learn what goes on behind the closed doors of groups like '' `` The 5 Browns '' '' and '' `` The Jackson Five '' '' simply because their privacy is little to nonexistent . The women of '' `` The 5 Browns '' '' committed a brave act by exposing their father 's misconduct when they learned he would possibly be managing young acts . Victims of child abuse should be encouraged by this story to speak out . Detroit citizens should become aware of Childhelp Michigan in Southfield . This organization works to prevent child abuse and treat victims . Visit childhelp.org to volunteer or speak out against child abuse .
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