Amy Winehouse has been charged with assaulting manager Richard Pound at Milton Keynes Theatre in the UK. The singer attended the Saturday night performance of Cinderella and reportedly shouted out obscenities during the performance, disturbing those sitting around her during the Christmas show. An altercation with the theater manager ensued and police were dispatched.
Pound told police that Winehouse punched and kicked him in the groin, and pulled his hair when he approached her about the disturbance and asked her to move to a private box. Thames Valley police launched an investigation and subsequently charged Amy with a public order offense and common assault — her second in recent years.
Winehouse and her attorney appeared at the Buckinghamshire police station voluntarily on Wednesday afternoon and posted bail. The 26-year-old was ordered to appear in court on January 20, 2010 to answer the charges.
The singer’s father, Mitch Winehouse, was reportedly livid when he found out about the newest charges. He blamed her bad behavior on her renewed relationship with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil. He said, “After just one day in Blake’s presence, Amy reverted back to her wild ways.”
The troubled songstress escaped previous assault charges during a two-day court trial less than six months ago – view trial details here.
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Amy wasn’t the only ‘bad apple’ this year. See 2009 Scandals, Apologies, Regrets – Year In Review.
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