Amy Winehouse due in court charged with assaulting theater manager at Christmas show

Amy Winehouse due in court on assault charge

LONDON — Amy Winehouse is due in court to face a charge of assaulting a theater manager at a family Christmas show.

The 26-year-old soul diva is accused of disrupting a performance of the Dec. 19 pantomime, or variety show, “Cinderella.”

The singer allegedly struggled with a theater staff member after heckling the performers.

Winehouse has been charged under her married name, Amy Civil, with a public order offense and common assault. She is appearing Wednesday at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of London.

Winehouse shot to stardom with the Grammy-winning album “Back to Black” in 2006, but her music has been overshadowed by drug use, legal run-ins and a tempestuous marriage that ended in divorce last year.