The Premier's son, Kevin Brown, was allowed to make his $4 million bail with help from family and friends yesterday after the judge ruled these sources were not felonious.

Brown, a Los Angeles physician who is up on 33 charges of molesting 12 patients, was required to explain the sources of his bail after officials said they were investigating the 37-year-old on medical fraud charges.

The general practitioner who operated out of his own practice at the Crenshaw Expo Medical Centre was initially arrested on July 8 and freed on $50,000 bail in connection with charges that he sexually battered an 18-year-old woman in June last year and an undercover officer posing as a patient in June this year.

He was arrested a second time on July 21 this year after six more patients — one as young as 15 — came forward. His bail was increased to $4 million. A further four victims have since lodged complaints.

Deputy District Attorney Ann Marie Wise said that prosecutors had asked for the increase because they believed Dr. Brown was a flight risk because his father is the Premier of Bermuda.

Commissioner Henry Hall also asked that Brown reveal his sources of bail money after an affidavit linked Premier Brown's son to an investigation of medical fraud schemes and over-prescribing painkillers.

According to a Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office representative last night, Judge Greg Dohi agreed his sources were legally obtained and he will be able to post bail.

When Brown is released on bail, however, he will be placed on an electronic monitor and only allowed to leave his house to go to work.

While at work, he must have a court-appointed consultant with him at all times if female patients are in the office.

Brown, who is the eldest of the Premier's four sons, first made headlines in May in connection with the Department of Tourism's sponsorship of a celebrity poker tournament at the Los Angeles Playboy Mansion.

His charity, the Urban Health Institute of Los Angeles, was the beneficiary of the event. Premier Brown attended, donating three trips to Bermuda in partnership with Elbow Beach Hotel.

According to the Medical Board of California website, the 1997 Howard School of Medicine graduate had a clean record prior to these charges.

Brown is to next appear in court on November 3, when lawyers will set a date for a preliminary hearing.