Friday, November 9, 2007

The Crackhouse Gets Raided

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In another troubling turn of events involving Amy Winehouse, the embattled singer's husband was arrested following a police raid on the couple's London home on Thursday. Blake Fielder-Civil is being held by police over an alleged $400,000 plot to fix a trial, according to the World Entertainment News Network.

Winehouse "has not been charged or arrested," her publicist Tracey Miller confirmed to MTV News on Thursday. As police took Fielder-Civil into custody, the singer told him, "Baby, I love you. I will be fine," according to WENN.

Fielder-Civil, 25, who is in custody at a North London police station, is alleged to have attempted to halt a trial in which he and a friend, Michael Brown, are accused of assaulting a bartender, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, according to WENN. The alleged victim, James King, reportedly had been offered $400,000 to withdraw his police statement. Yahoo! UK & Ireland News reports that the incident happened on June 20 and that Brown is 39 years old.

Winehouse's husband was arrested along with three other men at addresses in east London on allegations that would be the U.S. equivalent of obstruction of justice, police said in a statement, according to Yahoo! UK & Ireland News. WENN reports that the other men — ages 25, 22 and 19 — are being held at a police station in east London.

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