A friend of Amy Winehouse told the singer’s father that she would rather set money on fire than “give him a penny” when he offered her thousands to make possible legal action against her “all go away”, the High Court has been told.

Mitch Winehouse, acting as the administrator of his daughter’s estate, is suing her stylist, Naomi Parry, and friend, Catriona Gourlay, for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Lawyers for Mr Winehouse have previously told a trial in London that Ms Parry and Ms Gourlay profited from selling dozens of the singer’s items at auctions in the United States in 2021 and 2023, which he was not informed about and that they did not have the right to sell.

The women are defending the claim, and their barristers say the items were either given as gifts by Ms Winehouse or wer

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