Amy Winehouse arrested in alleged assault in London

Amy Winehouse has been arrested in London after reportedly assaulting a man outside a bar, British newspapers said today. They said she has not been charged with a crime.

London’s Daily Telegraph said Scotland Yard confirmed that the troubled retro-soul singer was arrested today after turning herself in to police to answer questions about the incident that took place early Wednesday morning in Camden, in north London. She also was alleged to have struck a second man in the face. British police typically arrest a suspect before questioning the person in conjunction with a possible crime.

A report in the Sun tabloid, accompanied by a series of unflattering photos of Winehouse, said a bar patron had tried to hail a cab for her, but she thought he was trying to molest her and head-butted him.

Shortly after those events, Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was in court to address charges against him of assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, the Telegraph said. Winehouse missed her husband’s court appearance.

randy.lewis@latimes.com