British singer Pete Doherty was arrested in Paris on Sunday after a fight, after his release from custody in a case of cocaine use, according to sources concordant, confirming information point. According to his lawyer, the singer was arrested "after a fight with another alcoholic man who complained of violence without ITT (temporary interruption of work)".
"After he was taken into custody, he went home and then went out for a drink, but he does not drink alcohol because of the detoxification treatment he's been doing for a month," Arash told AFP. Derambarsh.
"He's not a delinquent"
Pete Doherty was released Saturday afternoon two days after his arrest shortly after buying cocaine in the Pigalle district. For these facts, the public prosecutor has demanded against him a fine of 5.000 euros under penalty of imprisonment, within the framework of a penal order which must still be homologated by a judge of the court of Paris.
The singer, who is at the beginning of a long tour in Europe and mainly in Britain, "committed to being followed full-time by an addictologist and a doctor so as not to fall back into temptation", had indicated his lawyer. "He is not a delinquent, he is undergoing detoxification in France and England and wants to focus on the rest of his artistic career," he added.
Pete Doherty, also known as former model Kate Moss's boyfriend, has repeatedly made headlines for her drug-related excesses. In July 2012, he was expelled from a luxury detox center in Thailand for lack of will in his fight against her heroin addiction.