Back to the News Of The World, but this time with Amy Winehouse news, and the tabloid reported yesterday that the singer's now ex-husband is pushing for a $9 million divorce settlement on the basis he was the inspiration for her hit album 'Back To Black'.
As previously reported, the High Court in London last week granted a decree nisi to formally begin the ending of Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil's marriage, the latter accusing the former of adultery in his legal papers. There is now six weeks until the decree absolute, which properly ends the marriage, is granted, and in that time Fielder-Civil's reps will be busy seeing just how much of the Winehouse fortune they can get their hands on as part of the couple's divorce settlement.
The tab says Fielder-Civil claims he provided the inspiration for 'Back To Black', mainly by leaving his then girlfriend for a while. Such a claim, if it is, indeed, part of Fielder-Civil's case, would, of course, be ridiculous because, as a News Of The World source says: "Amy did write 'Back To Black' when Blake left her, but why on earth should he be getting a dime for making her feel so bad? She was at her lowest ebb when she wrote that album. Her boyfriend had left her for another woman and she poured her heart and soul into the writing process. It's like saying that the man who writes a book about his murdered wife should give the murderer some of the profits. It's an absolutely ridiculous request".
The tab's source continues: "He thinks he was a big part of her success with 'Back To Black' and deserves money for what he put up with. Amy is furious and doesn't want to negotiate. But she's happy for his outrageous demands to be made public because she wants to show him up".