Polydor have threatened to take legal action against newspapers who reported on a nightclub brawl involving Girls Aloud member Cheryl Tweedy. While admitting the 19 year old singer was arrested after a 39-year-old law student was allegedly punched in the eye in the toilets of a Surrey nightclub known as The Drink, they claim she was acting in self defence.
In a statement the label said: "Cheryl obviously deeply regrets getting into the fight but when the terminology that she was supposed to have used came out yesterday she was shocked and absolutely distraught." Some of the reports made allegations that Tweedy’s actions were essentially racial abuse. "We will be meeting with our lawyers tomorrow because these allegations of racial abuse are completely false."
They continued: "The press have been completely negative and have even been digging out ex-boyfriends of hers who happen to have been black - but this is such a cliché that I am not going to even get into this or discuss the matter any further."