Amy Winehouse Charged In Assault

LONDON — Singer Amy Winehouse was charged Wednesday in connection with an assault at a theater, police said.

The 26-year-old soul diva was arrested after she presented herself at a police station with her lawyer, Thames Valley Police said in a statement.

She was charged with a public order offense and common assault under the name Amy Civil, following a Saturday incident at Milton Keynes Theater, police said. Winehouse was granted a divorce from her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, in July.

She is free on bail and must appear in court on Jan. 20.

Police did not provide details on the incident, but British media have reported that the singer allegedly struggled with a member of the theater's staff after heckling at a performance.

Winehouse was acquitted earlier this year of assaulting a fan who asked to take her picture, after a judge said he could not be sure whether she lashed out at the woman deliberately. Prosecutors said Winehouse was drunk when she punched the woman in the eye, but the singer said she had merely acted to fend away an over-friendly fan.

Winehouse shot to international stardom with the Grammy-winning album "Back to Black" in 2006, but her music has been overshadowed by reports of drug use, run-ins with the law and a tempestuous marriage.

Comments

[fanifesu]

03:04 AM on 12/27/2009

it's amazing how quickly this new set is able to zap all their youthfulness away so quickly. i was still glowing at that age and and a lot further beyond.

[seedoubleyou]

09:20 PM on 12/26/2009

When Winehouse can somehow survive to the whopping age of 26, it makes one wonder how anyone can be an atheist.

[DWGRadio]

12:34 AM on 12/27/2009

When a train wreck like Amy Winehouse can exist in the first place, it makes one wonder how anyone can believe in God?

[mattius]

07:05 AM on 12/27/2009

Ole!

[Godweiser]

08:26 PM on 12/26/2009

Her husband's the one that hooked her on heroin. See her from her earlier album, before the tattooing and the heroin habit.

Wouldn't mind seeing him shuffle off the mortal coil. Maybe he and K-Fed could make a soo-ee-cide pact.

[ClassicalLib]

09:57 AM on 12/26/2009

Wow. She's still alive?

[zombywulf]

10:41 PM on 12/25/2009

Amy dear, time for your canvas coat and your Prozac.

[Swami Salami]

08:10 PM on 12/25/2009

she's ONLY 26 ????!!!!!!

[travelah]

01:15 AM on 12/26/2009

Thats what a libertine lifestyle mixed with copious amounts of nasty drugs will do for you!

[RACVC]

12:34 PM on 12/26/2009

and looks like 66 and acts like 6.

[ChiGuy]

12:43 PM on 12/25/2009

Just once, I wish she would start something with someone a whole lot tougher than she is, and they beat the living snot out of her.

[victorvelasco]

05:54 PM on 12/26/2009

Just once, I wish we could read about some new music from Amy.

[ifitwereme]

08:02 PM on 12/24/2009

Classy

[lockDown]

02:26 PM on 12/24/2009

Waste of an awesome talent.

[jl4141]

10:39 AM on 12/24/2009

Gawd, she looks 50 in that AP picture. I really hope she is taking better care of herself. Back to Black was one of the most brilliant albums in the last decade, and I've been waiting to hear more from her (more than just the drugs and violence and divorce gossip she's been in the midst of, that is.)

[JLRoberson]

05:44 AM on 12/25/2009

She looks like Bruno, in a wig, after being told Lady Gaga was hit by a meteor..

[KLordsha]

10:15 AM on 12/24/2009

You know you've hit rockbottom when your singing is called an assault....and you're then charged for it.

[Dannydel]

09:12 AM on 12/24/2009

Welcome back Amy! Haven't read about any of your drug fueled outbursts in awhile. Thought for a moment there that you had actually cleaned up your act and decided to join the human race and start singing again. Alas! Not to be. Well, you're back in the spotlight again anyway, so I guess I'll be seeing lots more of you.
Cheers
DD