A man has been arrested after he stole Eminem's phone number from a mobile owned by the rap star's ex-wife Kim Mathers. Kyle Spratt, a wannabe rapper, lifted Kim's phone from her handbag whilst she was down the bingo - Paradise Bingo, in fact, the company where Spratt was employed - made a note of Eminem's number and then replaced the mobile back in her bag. A few weeks later, Spratt made a number of phonecalls to the hip-hop superstar to try and get him to listen to his music demos.
Spratt apparently recorded one of the conversations he had with Eminem, and posted it as a track, 'Slim Sellout', on his MySpace page. The recording has since been removed, plus Spratt has been fired from his job at Paradise Bingo. No charges were filed over the incident, however.