Amy Winehouse estate suing two of her friends for £730,000 in court case
A legal dispute over the belongings of late singer Amy Winehouse is currently in court - after two friends of the star were accused of flogging her wares.
Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay are being sued for a combined sum in excess of £730,000 following claims they profited from selling personal property that had belonged to Amy at an auction. Back To Black singer Amy tragically passed away in 2011 at the age of 27 following years of battling alcohol and drug addictions - and was worth a reported £3.46million at the time of her death.
The star’s father Mitch Winehouse, 73, was made an administrator of Amy's estate - and has brought a case against her friends, Parry and Gourlay. Now a case is ongoing at the High Court after it was alleged the two women sent: “various items of personal property owned by Amy during her lifetime” to two auctions in 2021 and in 2023.
It is claimed that by putting the items up for sale “in their own names and on their own behalf” the women “converted” the late performer’s property “to their own use”. Amy’s estate is thereby seeking £534,192.90 in damages from Parry and £198,041.07 from Gourlay.
Catriona Gourlay and Naomi Parry are accused of selling some of the singer's belongings (Getty Images for The Recording Academy)A statement first issued by a spokesperson for the Amy Winehouse Estate last month said: “In 2021, Amy’s estate auctioned items from her life and career with 30% of the proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Two individuals sold a number of items at that auction and have retained the proceeds: the items were all Amy related.
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“This year they have put more Amy-related items up for auction and together the two auctions have generated six figure sums for each of them. The estate has questioned how these items came into their possession and has not had satisfactory answers.
“The estate has therefore launched a legal process to clarify the situation. The Amy Winehouse Foundation will directly benefit if monies are recovered from either defendant.”
Since Amy's tragic death, public interest in her life and career has continued to prevail - with music being released posthumously and films that have documented her life becoming box office hits. A biopic is also reportedly in the works - planned as a big screen dramatisation about her life.
Mitch previously discussed the project in 2019, saying he had hopes it could prove as successful as Hollywood films such as Rocket Man, about the life of Sir Elton John, and Bohemian Rhapsody, which chronicled the tragic life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
He told Rolling Stone: “We now feel able to celebrate Amy’s extraordinary life and talent. And we know through the Amy Winehouse Foundation that the true story of her illness can help so many others who might be experiencing similar issues.”
The project is being planned by Monumental Pictures, with the film company adding: “We’re proud that Mitch Winehouse has entrusted us with the story of amazing Amy, an icon whose songs have provided the soundtrack to a generation.”
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