LONDON – The husband of troubled Grammy Award-winning British singer Amy Winehouse is seeking a divorce on the grounds of her adultery, his lawyer said this week.
Henri Brandman, who is representing Blake Fielder-Civil, released a brief statement saying: ‘I can confirm that I have been instructed to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of Amy’s adultery.’
The couple married in Miami in May 2007 but have had a tempestuous relationship, while Fielder-Civil spent much of last year behind bars for a vicious attack on a pub landlord and a subsequent attempt to cover it up.
Winehouse has allegedly struggled with a drug habit and Fielder-Civil was ordered to reside at a drug rehabilitation centre after he left prison in November.
The 25-year-old ‘Back to Black’ songstress was pictured last week in British newspapers in the arms of a little-known 21-year-old British actor, Josh Bowman, while on holiday in St Lucia.
Her spokesman said: ‘Papers have been received and the matter is with Amy’s lawyers.’
Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse has publicly aired his concerns about Fielder-Civil (26), saying ‘it’s a fact that the hard drugs coincided with their marriage’. – Nampa-AFP
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