Judge Joe Brown Begins Five-Day Jail Sentence For Contempt Of Court

Reality show judge Joe Brown is stepping over to the wrong side of the justice system — for a few days.

The TV arbitrator turned himself in Thursday to serve a five-day sentence in a Memphis jail for a contempt of court charge dating back more than a year, WMC reported.

Brown, 68, was charged and very briefly jailed after losing his temper in front of a juvenile court magistrate during a child custody hearing in March 2014.

Brown, who was serving as a lawyer, sternly told the judge he would “close this place down” and asked the judge “what authority” he had during a dispute over due process, as heard in audio obtained by TMZ.

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