5 Browns patriarch admitted sexually abusing young girls - ABC News

Keith Brown, Patriarch of the classic quintet hit Browns 5, today admitted sexually abusing his three daughters when they were little girls.

Brown, 55, pleaded guilty, released a count of sodomy with a child and two counts of sexual assault in Provo, Utah, today, just days after being released from hospital after a spectacular car accident.

"He pleaded guilty," counsel for Brown, Steven Shapiro, told ABC News.com. "This is the next step in a long process trying to be responsible for poor contact with his daughters to accept what happened several years ago."

Brown was younger sodomy of a child to be accused of 14 between November 1990 and November 1992, according to a criminal complaint filed in court on 10 It has also been accused of harassing her children between March 1997 and March 1998.

ABCNews.com generally do not report the names of victims of sexual abuse of children, but a spokesman said all three of the five girls Browns Brown - Desiree, 32, Deondra, 30, and Melody, 26 - have decided to be identified, and have to cooperate.

"There is a huge relief," spokesman Thomson Kimball. "The girls deal with the situation such as integrity and courage."

Pursuant to the Act, the charge of sodomy punishable by 15 years to life and two charges of abuse small punishable by 1-15 years. Brown's lawyer said he will be sentenced next month and is likely to serve the sentence for 10 to 12 years.

Brown two son, Ryan and Gregory are also members of the quintet, whose music has the classic top of the charts and is performed on "Oprah," "The View" and other programs.

The three women are now married Brown. Keith Brown has maintained his quintet children since 2008.

Brown's lawyer said he confessed to his family and the authorities after the first admission to a religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.