CLIFTON ‘Cliff Twang’ Brown, the Mavis Bank, St Andrew, resident who shot to fame in 2011 when the video Nobody Can Cross It went viral, is now in custody on a charge of marital rape.

Brown is accused of raping his wife on two occasions, despite a protection order she has against him.

Brown on Tuesday appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court where he was remanded into custody until April 23.

He had asked Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey to admit him to bail, saying that he was the breadwinner for his family and that he wasn’t certain his children were going to school.

But Pusey told him that she couldn’t allow him back into the home as he’s been described in a report as being a “violent and aggressive” man.

No detail of the incident or when it occurred was given in court.

Brown told the court that he’s innocent of the allegations and said that he and his wife were working on their marriage, for the sake of their children, as advised by the Family Court.

As a result, Brown said that they were sleeping in the same bed and that he was surprised that she made a report against him.

Brown — who was dressed in a dirty-looking white T-shirt and washed-out blue jeans — said in his now famous twang, that the sex occurred twice and that it was consensual.

It was reported to the court that the complainant had taken out a protection order against Brown. Pusey took this into consideration in refusing Brown’s request for bail, noting that the court doesn’t issue protection order without “just cause”. She scolded him for what she said was his flagrant violation of the court order.

But Brown said he wasn’t aware of any protection order.

He was remanded for the matter of his legal representation to be settled. He could be offered legal aid.

Brown attained instant fame after a news item of him was made into a music video and posted on the Internet. In the video, Brown — in a heavily accented twang — lamented about the lack of a bridge in his community following a flood that m.arooned the area in mid 2011.

During his brief stint in the spotlight, he performed alongside dancehall act Beenie Man and appeared frequently on local entertainment programmes. His attempt at a music career was unsuccessful.