 According to Brown, she told Johnson in April 1950 that she was pregnant and he assured her he would provide for her needs.She claimed that Kellam told her a few days later that she would be contacted by attorney Jerome Ragsdale.Brown alleged that after the birth of Steven in 1950, Ragsdale provided her with "a six-room house for $15,000, complete with a live-in maid", and paid the various charge cards he supplied to her.