Amy Winehouse’s father ordered to pay almost £1million to the late singer’s friends

Amy Winehouse’s father has been ordered to pay almost £1million to two of the late singer’s friends after losing a High Court case over the sale of her belongings. READ MORE: The timeless influence of Amy Winehouse: “Her legacy is beyond comprehension” Mitch Winehouse must make interim payments of £569,330 to the singer’s former stylist Naomi Parry and £394,521 to her friend Catriona Gourlay within the next two weeks. He has also been ordered to cover their legal costs on an indemnity basis. The order follows the dismissal of his claim against the two women in April. Acting as the personal representative of his daughter’s estate, Winehouse claimed that Parry and Gourlay had profited from selling items connected to the singer at auctions in the US in 2021 and 2023. He argued that the women had deliberately concealed their intention to sell the possessions and sought more than £700,000 from them. Parry and Gourlay maintained that Amy had either given them the items or that they had already belonged to them. Deputy High Court Judge Sarah Clarke KC dismissed Winehouse’s claim in April, finding that neither woman had deliberately concealed the disputed items from him. She also concluded...