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That Amy Winehouse is one consistently lucky lady. Despite a night in which she physically assaulted two men, did drugs in public, trashed a bar, and smashed her head against a lamppost, she was released from police custody with only a caution – similar to a citation. Winehouse did end up spending the night in jail; however she was not arrested and won’t be charged with assault.
Normally I’d say I hope she’s laying in her nice bed at home, feeling incredibly grateful that she got off so easily. But because it’s Amy Winehouse, I’m pretty sure she’s managed to visit 10 bars in the last 10 hours, partake of at least 7 different drugs, and drink somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 shots. So I doubt she’s sitting at home writing in her gratitude journal.
Amy Winehouse left a London police station Saturday after questioning about reports that she scuffled with two men during a raucous night out. She received a formal police caution for assault. The caution means the 24-year-old soul diva has not been charged, but the incident will remain on the record and could count against her if she is ever charged with a similar offense in future.
Winehouse spent the night at Holborn Police Station in central London after arriving for questioning Friday afternoon. Police said a 24-year-old woman had been cautioned for common assault. British police do not identify suspects who have not been charged.
A statement released by Winehouse spokesman Chris Goodman said the singer “admitted to a common assault by slapping a man with an open hand and accepted a caution. Amy was fully cooperative with inquiries and apologized for the incident,” the statement said
[From the Huffington Post]
I am still a little confused because all the media reports are saying Amy admitted to the slapping of one of the guys – but what about the guy she punched in the lip, and the man she famously headbutted? Perhaps those incidents are still up in the air – or perhaps the police have decided not to pursue them.
This would have been a wonderful opportunity for the Metropolitan police to show Amy that there are direct consequences for her actions, and that you can’t go around headbutting people whenever you feel like it. Yeah I know she was on drugs – but if you choose to take the drugs, all the resulting decisions you make are your responsibility as well. It seems like everyone is missing each and every opportunity to get Amy some sort of help. And I hate to say it, but this just won’t end well.
Here’s Amy before she went to the police station on Friday. Images thanks to Splash.
Written by JayBird
Posted in Addictions, Alcohol, Amy Winehouse, Drugs, Jail, Legal Troubles, Photos
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8 Responses to “Amy Winehouse cautioned for assault”
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One thing I notice in all the London pap shots - it’s always cloudy! That would drive me nuts.
No real comment on the Winehouse mess, other than to say it will be very sad if she doesn’t clean herself up, she won’t make it to 30 at this rate.
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Direct consequences like what, though? They’re not going to send her to prison for a one-off (ok, maybe two) common assault. Cautioning her is about the only thing they can do and it would be pointless to make rehab a condition of anything because she’d have to be receptive to it for it to work. People, this side of the pond at least, don’t want her in jail, they’re rooting for her, not just because of her incredible talent, but because of the girl she was before this last year of mayhem. Only good news of late is the possibility that her leech of a waste-of-space husband is history. Maybe that might make a difference, who knows.
Nothing else to say except I hope and pray she gets her shit together.
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This is amazing, Amy is practically a walking corpse that sings…
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Shakira Mebarak owes me money.
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Or Perhaps the original media reports were complete garbage and all she did was slap some pervert?
Honestly, what kind of idiot believes that this woman started a problem at a bar, wandered out, smoked drugs on the corner, ran headfirst into a lightpole, punched a guy in the lip, headbutted another guy, and then shorted the taxi driver 50% on the way home.
Seriously, and no one got a picture?
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Shane…it’s all on YouTube, or most of it. I’ve seen it
: a vid of her arguing with the taxi driver
: a vid of her wandering around unsteadily and then slamming viciously into a post
: a vid of her smoking a joint while she decides what to do after being locked out of her own house.
All the while surrounded by paps acting like a pack of hyenaslove me some Amy
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she looks more and more like nosferatu.
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Nothing is going to fix this girl short of a near fatal OD or serious jail time.
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Her new boyfriend’s cute
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