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Amy Winehouse's husband 'paid £200,000 hush money to publican he beat up'
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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LONDON - Amy Winehouse's husband beat up a pub landlord and then offered him $400,000 to keep quiet about the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday. (article 1)
Prosecution lawyer Sean Larkin said barman James King suffered a broken cheekbone in the June 2006 attack by Blake Fielder-Civil and another man - but was willing to accept money to spare his attackers jail. (article 1)
King is on trial for conspiring to pervert the course of justice (the equivalent of obstruction of justice in the U.S.). (article 1)
Larkin said Kennedy and Kelly contacted the Daily Mirror and tried to sell their story of the beating and the cover-up. (article 1)
In the latest tabloid storm, Winehouse defended herself against allegations of racism after a newspaper published footage of her singing a ditty loaded with racial epithets (article 1)
Fielder-Civil was being tried in London on charges of attacking pub landlord James King, and then conspiring with King to have the landlord withdraw as a witness. (article 2)
Fielder-Civil and three-co-defendants pleaded guilty last week, but a court order barred reporting the pleas because King is scheduled to face a separate trial. (article 2)
Her music has been overshadowed by reports of her drug use, run-ins with the law and tempestuous relationship with Fielder-Civil. (article 2)
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Winehouse, fielder, perverting, King, civil |
Source articles
- Prosecutor: Winehouse spouse offered victim bribe (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/10/2008, 420 words)
- ABC News: Wino: Slur-Filled Song Isn't Racist (ABCNews, 06/09/2008, 339 words)
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