Child-Support Charges Jail Singer Stewart

Rock singer Sylvester (Sly) Stewart, leader of Sly and the Family Stones, was arrested Friday at a Hollywood hotel for reportedly failing to comply with a court order requiring him to pay his ex-wife $400 a month in child support, the district attorney’s office said.

Stewart, 42, pleaded guilty last December to misdemeanor willful failure to pay child support and was placed on three years’ probation. Under the terms of his probation, he was supposed to pay model Kathy Silva $350 a month in child support, plus $51 a month to make up for past delinquency.

Stewart and Silva, who were married in 1974 in front of 21,000 friends and fans at Madison Square Garden in New York City, have a 13-year-old son.

Stone, who rose to stardom in the late 60s with such hits as “Everyday People” and “I Want to Take You Higher,” has been beset in recent years with drug problems and professional difficulties.

After his arrest Friday at the Sunset Hyatt, he was held in County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.