70:, images of the singer outside her home, in the early morning hours, barefoot and wearing only a bra and jeans appeared on the internet and in some tabloid newspapers. In a statement, her spokesperson blamed paparazzi harassment for the incident and said: "The constant bombardment by certain agency photographers at her home has increased anxiety and caused disturbance." The spokesperson also reported that the singer was in a program being supervised by doctors and channeling her difficulties by writing a lot of music. On
62:. In August 2007, Winehouse cancelled a number of shows in the UK and Europe, citing exhaustion and ill health. One early morning in August 2007, the singer and her husband were photographed bloodied and bruised in the streets of London after a hotel room fight allegedly started when, according to the singer as quoted by a tabloid newspaper, she was spotted by her husband doing drugs with a
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devoting space to the "saga of pop singers," editorialized that the government should force the singer into rehabilitation. The editorial, in part, read, "The State's actions could save a great talent. She desperately needs to be brought into rehabilitation and, this time, to stay put there for weeks
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Winehouse had been summoned to appear in court there stating, "If one appeals a conviction, it's the rule that one has to appear in person." The singer claims she was "duped" into confessing, but police say that fluent English speakers handled Winehouse when she signed the
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music venue, and has promised to play a gig there once she leaves her current rehabilitation program. Campaign supporters fear the residential development would end the spot's lucrative sideline as a film and photo location, on which it relies to survive.
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200,000 to withdraw his complaint. He was denied bail and remains in custody, pending investigation. As
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