Mitch Winehouse Loses Claim Over Amy's Auctioned Items

Mitch Winehouse, the father and estate administrator of the late singer Amy Winehouse, lost a High Court claim on Monday against two of her close friends over the auction sale of items once owned by the star. The ruling by Deputy High Court Judge Sarah Clarke KC dismissed allegations that stylist Naomi Parry and friend Catriona Gourlay had concealed and profited from selling dozens of belongings at auctions in the United States in 2021 and 2023.

Winehouse, a former London cab driver, sued Parry and Gourlay for hundreds of thousands of pounds, arguing that the women had deliberately hidden their plans to sell the items, leaving legal action as his only way to seek answers. Lawyers for the defendants countered that the disputed items were either gifts from Winehouse during her lifetime or already belonged to them. The case centered on clothing and personal effects tied to the singer's career, including a silk minidress Parry sold for $243,200, which Winehouse had worn in her final public performance in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2011.

The 2021 auction featured 834 items from Winehouse's estate and raised $1.4 million, with 30 percent of the proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse...