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Soul singer Amy Winehouse arrested in London

Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse was arrested on Tuesday as part of an investigation into perverting the course of justice, London police and her publicist said.

The 24-year-old, whose husband Blake Fielder-Civil is being held on remand accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, went to a London police station to be arrested in agreement with police.

"It was voluntary and pre-arranged," a representative at her publicity agency said, asking not to be quoted by name.

In a statement, London's Metropolitan police said: "A 24-year-old woman has been arrested by appointment at an East London police station in connection with an investigation into perverting the course of justice. She remains in custody."

Winehouse, nominated for six Grammy awards, has struggled with drugs and alcohol since shooting to fame. She was pictured this month wandering the streets of London at dawn in only a bra and jeans.

The tattooed singer has cancelled all her remaining planned concerts this year saying she cannot perform while her husband is in jail.

Fielder-Civil, 25, was charged in November in an investigation into perverting the course of justice, days before he was due to go on trial for beating up a bartender.

The trial was delayed after police launched an investigation into allegations made by British newspaper The Daily Mirror that the bartender was offered money not to testify.

Winehouse's parents have made repeated calls for their daughter to seek help, fearing that she could be sucked into a cycle of drugs and trauma.

"We want to help you, but we know that unless you want to be helped, unless you come to us, anything we tried would be in vain," her mother, Janis Winehouse, wrote in a letter published by the News of the World newspaper last week.

"Early fame has overwhelmed you, it's dizzied you and muddled your mind."

Winehouse scored a hit last year with the song "Rehab" about refusing treatment for drugs and alcohol.

She and Fielder-Civil, who married earlier this year, were arrested in Norway in October for possessing cannabis and paid a fine.

(Reporting by Luke Baker; Editing by Peter Griffiths)

Ms. Spelling and her assistant also will be there to help her after Rehab...

[Edited 12/18/07 16:30pm]

paisleypark4 said:

there's so much in this thread i just don't understand.

Rock N Roll will never die just like the Minni... ahh just leave her alone . let her work her own shit out. leave that loser Blake, marry me Amy. pot is ok leave that bs behind. just sing to me baby.

Loved where it counts Amy!!!!

how the hell does one pervert the course of justice? do you flash a judge your naughty parts? do you pinch a cop's butt and say dirty words?

paisleypark4 said:

That site's funny.....this one is my favorite:

Anxiety said:

I don't care what she gets up to. love her loads. we need more like her in the music industry. no time 4 thesre squeeky clean types. less rock n roll is dead after all.

Marrk said:

i don't care if she's your secret santa, i still don't understand what perverting justice means!

Anxiety said:

Now now Anx. just means trying the law is thinking she's hiding somethin to get Blake off scott-free from this charge he's facing. you know trying to protect a loved one from either staying silent about what she knows, or witholding information the law needs to know. basically it. Blake is doomed. Probably.

I think "perverting the court of justice" was Amy's husband trying to bribe the bartender not to testify in court for assualting him.According to the U.K.'s tabloid press the amount of the bribe was around 200,000 pounds? Maybe the police suspected Amy was involved since no way in hell would Blake would have come up with that amount of money on his own.

Is she still going to Prince's house this Christmas to play?

SilverlakePhil said:

Although...she really is sooo ridiculously strung out on that boy. She might not have known about the bribe...and given how co-dependent they are on each other, I doubt she has a pre-nup from him, and he probably has access to as much of her dough as he wants.

Hell, with a twisted love like what those two young people have, I almost wish old Markk on here WOULD get ahold of her. Go ahead Markk, go get that girl! Swoop her up! Get her off the smack, let her sing and strum that damn guitar for you all day long, and get that birdsnest off of her head. Tell her she can stop covering herself with tatoos because we're sure she's forgiven. (Each tatoo represents a loved one who she's hurt in the past so she wears them as a reminder for her guilt). Then, when she's ready, let her record a bit. when she's strong enough, encourage her to perform. Before she goes on though, please no picking fights at the stage entrance,, screaming that you're leaving the show/her, or bumping her up the nose with wacky dust. And good grief, try telling her that yes, she is "good enough". People believe that otherwise they wouldn't show up. Tell her this "I don't have anything to give them, they want something bigger than what I have" nonsense is just that, nonsense. Encourage this kid to let go of the fear and get out there and sing. She might even end up liking it again. She might even end up smiling widely like she used to whenever she would hit a killer note and garner applause...although we want her to get that missing tooth filled in btw, like pronto . Who knows, maybe one day the old Amy Winehouse might break free & show up. That's a kid who was really something to watch

ufoclub said:

I hadn't heard about going to his house at Christmas to play. But hey wait, he's a JW, still, right? He wouldn't even be celebrating Christmas, actually
(IM sorry, I'm confusing the issue, my bad)...anyway that could be cool to see her do something with him. There's probably no truth to this whatsover, but a few months back when she toured Germany, it was reported here as a kind of sidenote in all the articles about her that Prince extended an invitation for her to come to Paisly Park, but only on the condition she would come without her husband. Since her husband has been denied bail and won't be out until late January for the tria, this could be an ideal time for her use her creativity as an outlet for her "stuff". That young woman is capable of doing very good things, musically.

Ottensen said:

It was a huge public PR announcment that he invited her to record.