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Amy Winehouse Arrested Over Drug Video

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Posted: 2008-05-07 16:27:58
LONDON (May 7) - Amy Winehouse has been arrested on suspicion of drugs possession, police and her spokesman said Wednesday.

Winehouse's spokesman, Chris Goodman, said the arrest is connected to a video that is alleged to show the troubled singer taking drugs at a party in her home in north London.

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Just days after leaving a British hospital after a week-long stay that culminated with Amy Winehouse being diagnosed with the lung disease emphysema, the starlet was caught smoking a cigarette despite her condition.

Britain's The Sun tabloid in January published still images from a video that it claimed showed Winehouse inhaling fumes from a small pipe. The images were said to have been filmed during a party at her London home.

London's Metropolitan Police said a 24-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drugs possession. Goodman confirmed his client was in police custody.

"Amy Winehouse voluntarily attended a London police station today by appointment. She was arrested in order to be interviewed and is cooperating fully with inquiries," Goodman said in a statement.

"The interview relates to a video handed to police earlier this year," he said.

Winehouse is famous for her hit "Rehab." She has had a turbulent private life. Last month she was cautioned by police for assault after she slapped a man during a night out. That means no charges were filed, but the incident was placed on her record.

Shortly after The Sun published still photographs of the video, Winehouse entered a London rehabilitation center.

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efeeezy 12:18:12 PM May 09 2008

Amy you got a nice voice but you need to lay off the heavy stuff. Stick with the herbs.

need6speed 06:27:45 AM May 09 2008

Shamrock....put down the crack pipe and back away slooooowly. This girl is nothing but a trainwreck. She needs to be locked up for her own good before she is the next Jannis Joplin. Not that it matters to me, I don't like her music anyhow.

tepesighisoaraka 10:55:58 PM May 08 2008

Amy Winehouse,any Crackhouse is more like it

kingmidass13 09:03:44 PM May 08 2008

Amy you are the deffinition of rock and roll

shamrockmidfl 08:11:38 PM May 08 2008

SHE IS SOOOOOO HOT!!!!!!!!!
AMYYYYY I LOVE YOU !!!!!

owenpenny 07:33:47 PM May 08 2008

Once again this woman has proved she is a wreck and needs some serious help! She should not be criticized but pitied! Isn't there anyone in her life capable of convincing her to get HELP? Is it possible that everyone around her are just as "out of it" as she is and blind or just too high on something to recognize this woman is dying?

missgoofyandsons 06:34:14 PM May 08 2008

good i am glad she needs to be mandated to rehab or drug court

keithcllrn 05:53:50 PM May 08 2008

that is such a trumped up charge...can they tell from a picture it was an illegal substance..or did they presume it must be because the pipe is suspect..take a picture of george bush and tell me what laws he has broken..?

lnj2000 01:34:55 PM May 08 2008

ACCUSED OF INHALING FUMES?

Bullshit charge if I ever heard one, then again, if that's what it takes to save my Amy's life...

martin52ez 01:03:29 PM May 08 2008

whatta skank!!! looks like the crack took its toll .

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