FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2014, file photo, singer Chris Brown, right, arrives at the District of Columbia Superior Court in Washington, for a status hearing in a case in which he's accused of hitting a man outside a Washington hotel. He didn't fly first class and his hotels weren't five-star. Still, when Brown was moved from a Los Angeles jail to Washington for what was to have been the start of his trial on an assault charge, the cost to taxpayers was more than $4,000. The breakdown of the April trip was provided to The Associated Press as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
June 24, 2014 - 2:25 PM
WASHINGTON - He didn't fly first class and his hotels weren't five-star. Still, when singer Chris Brown was moved from a jail in Los Angeles to Washington for what was to have been the start of his trial on an assault charge, the cost to taxpayers was more than $4,000.
The breakdown of the April trip was provided to The Associated Press as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request. The tab includes jail stays, airfare and other transportation costs. The U.S. Marshals Service, which transported Brown, said in a statement Tuesday that it uses the safest and most cost-effective means to transport prisoners.
Brown is scheduled to be in a Washington courtroom Wednesday. This time, he's out of jail, so he'll be paying his own way.
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