Amy Winehouse's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has instructed his solicitor to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of alleged adultery, his legal representative confirmed last night.
The 25-year-old Rehab singer has been on the Caribbean island of St Lucia for the past month following repeated health scares, and has recently been photographed with a 21-year-old fellow holidaymaker, Josh Bowman. Winehouse was quoted in the News of the World as saying: 'I've finally escaped from hell. I'm in love again and I don't need drugs. Look at me, I'm glowing!'
She reportedly added of her husband: 'I don't know what's going on with us now and for the time being I've just forgotten I'm even married. I'm just here on my own, happy and having a good time with Josh. I'll deal with Blake when I get back. But our whole marriage was based on doing drugs. So being with someone like Josh is much better for me.'
Winehouse and Fielder-Civil, 26, married in May 2007, but their relationship has been marred by her drug struggles and his prison sentence for assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Fielder-Civil was jailed for 27 months after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm and attempting to pervert the course of justice, and was later returned to prison for breaching bail conditions.
Henri Brandman, representing Fielder-Civil, said in a statement: 'I can confirm that I have been instructed to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of Amy's adultery.' Winehouse's spokesman added: 'Papers have been received and the matter is with Amy's lawyers.'
