Mitch Winehouse Ordered to Pay | Durham News

Durham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 30, 2026 · 1m

Mitch Winehouse, Amy Winehouse’s father, was ordered to pay over a million dollars in legal costs after aggressively pursuing a weak claim that two of Amy’s close friends profited from auctions of her belongings. The judge found his accusations unfounded and damaging, ruling that he deliberately escalated the case to pressure the women into settling — a move especially egregious given their deep loyalty to Amy. Both women, Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, maintained the items were gifts, loans, or their own property. The court emphasized Mitch’s history of dominating others and noted his…