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High Court Dismisses Mitch Winehouse’s Claim Over Amy Winehouse Auctioned Items

The ruling rests on evidence that the items were gifts or already theirs.

Overview

  • Deputy High Court Judge Sarah Clarke KC delivered the decision Monday, dismissing Mitch Winehouse’s case against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay.
  • The court found 155 disputed items were owned by the women or had been gifted to them by Amy Winehouse.
  • The judge said there was no deliberate concealment and that the estate could have located the items with reasonable diligence.
  • Court records show Parry earned $878,000 from 56 items, including a $243,200 dress from Winehouse’s final show, and a 2021 sale raised $1.4 million for the estate with 30% to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
  • In her judgment, Clarke described Mitch Winehouse as an unreliable witness who pursued the claim without first checking he had valid rights to many of the items.