Kody Brown Net Worth: How Rich is Sister Wives Star in 2023?

Kody Brown is a 52 years old American reality TV star and polygamist. He is best known for his appearance on TLC’s reality series “Sister Wives”, where he appeared along with his four wives. Kody has claimed that he has been legally married to only one of his wives, presently his fourth wife, Robyn Sullivan, while his three wives are in spiritual unions. As of 2023, Kody Brown net worth is estimated to be around $800 thousand.

Early Life & Beginning of his career

Kody Brown was born on the 17th of January, 1969 in the United States of America. He was born into a polygamist family, where his polygamist father married three wives. Brown was raised by his parents along with three siblings. He was raised in a Mormon household where he and his family members struggled with the Mormon faith.

Kody Brown Net Worth & Career

Kody came into recognition after he appeared in TLC’s reality series “Sister Wives” in 2010. The reality series is based on his family’s life which includes the interesting divisions of labor in the unique system, and all their minor arguments. Brown starred in the reality series to bring awareness to polygamy in the U. S., through which, he had a hope that he would be more accepted in the mainstream.

However, his plan and motive to bring polygamy into the positive limelight backfired him when he became the subject of legal action. Enough evidence was gathered against him through the footage of Sister Wives, and then, the United States federal courts challenged the state of Utah’s polygamy law. Just three-episode after Sister Wives was aired, Utah police started an investigation on him for bigamy.

Kody was also investigated on a felony charge including a prison sentence of 20 years. On the other hand, his other wives would face a possible 5-year prison sentence. Brown eventually thought that he would survive the criminal charges since he was only married to one of his wives. Though, since he had lived with his 4 wives as a family unit for 16 years, he fell into an argument over a common-law marriage with all 4 women simultaneously.

Brown’s case later reached the district courts. Though it was dropped later after a judge ruled the cohabitation marriage definition unconstitutional. Even after that, the Utah State brought the matter to the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. However, the case was not proven strong enough and it was dismissed. All the matter in Brown’s case later gave birth to the new rules on polygamy prosecutions, which it defined that the prosecutions should be only limited to cases in case of alleged child bigamy, abuse/violence, and fraud.

Recently on November 21, 2021, a Sister Wive’s season 16 premiere was released where Kody’s ex-wife, Christine Brown raised her voice on dissatisfaction over the Coyote Pass Construction plans. The new season of the series picked up from where it was left before in the last seasons. The premier was released after three weeks when Kody and Christine announced their separation after 25 years.

Kody Brown Personal Life

Kody Brown has been married four times. First, he married Meri Barber in 1989. From his first wife, he has a daughter, Mariah. He was legally married to Meri until September 2014. The two are currently spiritually married. He was spiritually married to his second wife, Janelle on January 20, 1993. Kody has two daughters and four sons from his second spiritual wife, Janelle.

Kody spiritually married his third wife, Christine Allred on March 25, 1994. Together, they have a son and five daughters. Kody and Christine announced their split on 2nd November 2021. Brown spiritually married his fourth wife, Robyn Sullivan on May 22, 2010. Later, he divorced his first wife, Meri to legally marry Robyn. He shared two own kids with his fourth wife, and 3 adopted kids from Robyn’s previous relationship.

Kody Brown Net Worth Timeline

As of 2023, Kody Brown’s net worth is estimated to be around $800 thousand. Kody might be receiving an estimated salary of $25,000 to $40,000 per episode from the Sister Wives.