George Michael Arrested for Crack, Marijuana
George Michael was arrested Friday for allegedly possessing crack cocaine and marijuana, BBC News reports.
The singer, 45, was busted in a bathroom in London’s Hampstead Heath area after an attendant tipped police.
He was released with a warning, termed a “caution” in the U.K.
“We can confirm a 45-year-old man was arrested in the Hampstead Heath area on the 19th of September on the suspicion of possessing drugs,” a Scotland Yard spokesman said. “He was taken to a North London police station where he received a caution and was released with no further action. The caution was for the possession of Class A and Class C drugs, cocaine and cannabis.”
It is unclear why he has been given a relatively mild punishment for the possession of class A drugs.
In a statement Michael said: “I want to apologise to my fans for screwing up again, and to promise them I’ll sort myself out. And to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them.”
It isn’t Michael’s first drug bust.
He was found slumped over the wheel of his car in London in 2006 (he later admitted driving while unfit due to drugs).
He opened up about his drug problems last year, telling BBC radio that he was aware he smoked too much marijuana and was trying to fight his addiction.
“In a strange way I’ve spent the last 15 to 20 years trying to derail my own career, but it never seems to suffer,” he said. “I suffer like crazy. I’ve suffered bereavements and public humiliations, but my career always seems to right itself like a plastic duck in the bath.”
