LONDON (AP) - 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
A man was quoted in tabloid newspapers as saying Winehouse hit
him when he got in her way while she was playing pool at a bar in
the Camden neighborhood of London. He said she also head-butted
another man who was trying to hail her a cab in the early hours of
Wednesday morning.
Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested
in the Norwegian city of Bergen in October and held overnight on
charges of drug possession. A video of her allegedly smoking crack
hit the Internet shortly before she won five Grammys this year for
her critically acclaimed album "Back to Black."
She was arrested in London in December on suspicion of
attempting to interfere with a court case involving Fielder-Civil,
but earlier this year police said prosecutors were no longer
pursuing the matter.
Fielder-Civil is in jail awaiting trial on charges of
perverting the course of justice stemming from a case in which he
is accused of assaulting a barman.
Winehouse's musical career has flourished despite her erratic
behavior, missed concerts and stints in drug rehab. The Sunday
Times newspaper's annual Rich List this week estimated her wealth
at $20 million.
Winehouse's spokesman said the singer was "looking forward to
continuing her work on new music in the studio."
