Keith Brown was sentenced Thursday to 10 years to life in prison for sexually abusing his three daughters — Desirae, Deondra and Melody — when they were children, the AP reports.
The 55-year-old patriarch of The 5 Browns family piano performance group pleaded guilty in February to one first-degree felony count of sodomy on a child and two second-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of a child. Salt Lake City Judge David Mortenson ordered him to serve 10 years to life in prison on the felony count, and one to 15 on the other two; both sentences will run concurrently.
As reported by the Salt Lake Tribune, the Judge told Brown, "I think it's obvious a home should be a refuge and a safe place, and that a parent should be a protector."
Judge Mortenson added that he believed Brown was a "pedophile" and a danger to society, but granted him a lighter sentence "through the consent of your victims."
After reportedly learning their father planned to mentor other children in their music careers, the now-grown daughters reported the sexual abuse they endured as children in the late '80s and and early '90s to authorities. The girls' brothers, Gregory and Ryan, round out the successful 5 Browns group.
