US EditionAmy Winehouse's Father Loses Court Battle over Auction Items
The judge said the items were not deliberately concealed and that Mitch Winehouse could have found them with reasonable diligence.
- On Monday, Deputy High Court judge Sarah Clarke KC dismissed Mitch Winehouse's claim against his late daughter Amy Winehouse's friends Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay over items sold at United States auctions in 2021 and 2023.
- Acting as estate administrator, Winehouse alleged the two women deliberately concealed and profited from selling 155 personal items, including cards from Adele and Mark Ronson, a Fendi bracelet and ballet pumps, claiming court action was his only means of obtaining answers.
- Judge Clarke found evidence showed Amy Winehouse routinely gifted clothing to close friends and possessed far more items than she could ever wear, use or store, highlighting her extraordinary generosity was entirely in keeping with her character.
- Following the ruling, Parry stated the High Court had cleared her name unequivocally and in full after years of deeply damaging allegations, emphasizing the claim has failed entirely and should never have been brought.
- Judge Clarke characterized Mitch Winehouse as an "unreliable witness" who pursued the claim without checking until shortly before trial whether he had a valid case, noting he "likes to dominate people and situations.
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The UK High Court Judge has concluded that neither Naomi Parry nor Catriona Gourlay deliberately concealed from Mitch Winehouse any of the articles that gave rise to the dispute.
Amy Winehouse's father lost on Monday in a British court, where he sued two of her friends for auctioning off the singer's possessions.
Amy Winehouse's father, who had sued two of his daughter's friends for improperly auctioning the singer's objects, lost the dispute, announced on Monday (20) the London Superior Court. Two friends of the British singer had sold the artist's items, raising $1.4 million (6.95 million reais), of which 30% were destined for the singer's foundation. Mitch Winehouse, the artist's father, who died on July 23, 2011, claimed that the amount collected bel…
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