LONDON, England --
Amy Winehouse played tough cookie and head butted a good samaritan who attempted to help her get a cab on Wednesday. Payback's a bitch. She also hit another man who had gotten in her way while she attempted to play pool. Maybe she's just competitive.
Amy had turned herself in voluntarily Friday and left a London police station Saturday after being questioned. She received a formal police caution for assault.
The caution means the 24-year-old 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 the future. Oh I'm sure this is a one time occurence, NOT!!!
Police said the 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.” Uh huh, a slap, okay. “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.
The Sunday Times newspaper’s annual Rich List this week estimated her wealth at $20 million. Too bad England's not sue happy like America, those two men would be having a good payday soon.
Winehouse’s spokesman said the singer was “looking forward to continuing her work on new music in the studio.” Guess we'll see if bad publicity really is good for a diva's career.
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