Hugh Grant’s notorious 1995 arrest has returned to the center of a fresh legal storm, but the latest development is focused on Divine Brown. The former sex worker connected to that Sunset Strip scandal is now described as a fugitive on the run.

The original episode erupted when Grant was arrested after being busted with a prostitute on the Sunset Strip. Brown was the woman at the heart of the incident, which became one of the biggest celebrity scandals of the 1990s.

Let's not forget that Hugh Grant had Liz Hurley at home and still decided to get arrested with a prostitute.

Not the best at making good decisions, our Hughey. https://t.co/tovrhvnIgZ — Gary Conway (@gazcon) August 28, 2019

The current update shifts attention away from Grant and onto Brown’s reported legal predicament. She is said to have skipped court while facing criminal charges, and police now have a warrant out for her arrest.

The specific criminal charges were not identified. No court date, jurisdiction, or additional description of the proceedings is provided, leaving the focus firmly on Brown’s missed appearance and resulting fugitive status.

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Brown is described both through her connection to the Grant scandal and as a former sex worker. Her latest legal trouble has revived attention around an episode that originally put her name alongside one of the decade’s most explosive celebrity stories.

Grant’s arrest remains the starting point for the renewed coverage. The report specifically returns to the 1995 incident on the Sunset Strip before moving into the new claim that Brown is being sought by police.

The story is presented as another dramatic turn for a figure whose public recognition came from that arrest. Brown’s absence from court now places her at the center of the story rather than simply revisiting her past connection to Grant.

In 1995, police caught Hugh Grant with a $60 prostitute while he was dating Elizabeth Hurley, and he walked away with a $1,180 fine while she was sentenced to 180 days in jail.

In the video below, two weeks after the arrest, Jay Leno asks him on The Tonight Show: "What the hell were you thinking?" It happened in the early hours of June 27, when vice officers found Grant and Divine Brown in his white BMW on a side street off Sunset Boulevard. His first big Hollywood movie was set to open in two weeks. Grant pleaded no contest in July and got off with the fine and an AIDS education class. Days later he went on Leno and said, "I did a bad thing, and there you have it." That night Leno beat Letterman in the ratings for the first time. Brown pleaded no contest to the same charge in September, but because the arrest broke her probation from two 1993 prostitution cases, the judge gave her 180 days. Then the money went the other way. She sold her story to the British tabloids, did TV and interviews, and reportedly made around $1.6 million. She called it "the trick that changed my life" and paid for her kids' private school with it. Hurley stayed with him for five more years. So who really paid for that night: Grant, Brown, or Hurley? — Drexxon (@zovarynx) October 24, 2026

The report also points viewers toward a video that retraces the original scandal. That video promises to revisit Grant’s arrest, Brown’s involvement, and the intense attention that followed the Sunset Strip episode.

Elizabeth Hurley is also named as someone who was caught in the middle of the scandal. However, the promotional report does not explain the details of her involvement, instead directing viewers to the full video for that part of the story.

Billy Ray Cyrus is another celebrity name teased in connection with the retrospective.

Those references widen the scope of the video, but Brown’s current status remains the central development. Police have a warrant for her arrest after she skipped court in connection with criminal charges.

The wording casts Brown’s situation in stark terms, describing her as both a fugitive and on the run. Beyond the warrant and missed court appearance, no additional information about police efforts to locate her is included.

The new development turns a familiar celebrity scandal into a current legal story. Grant’s 1995 arrest supplies the headline-grabbing history, while Brown’s alleged failure to appear in court provides the immediate reason the episode is receiving attention again.

For now, the report leaves several details for its full video, including the nature of Brown’s criminal charges and the promised connections involving Hurley and Cyrus. What it makes clear is that Brown is wanted after missing court, bringing the infamous Sunset Strip scandal roaring back into view.

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