14 DAY TRIAL // It’s just days that Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty caused a ruckus with the German media and authorities after getting up on a stage and singing a banned version of the national anthem, and he’s again in trouble with the law. The rocker was arrested in Berlin a few days ago after making a scene at a pub and smashing the window of a car with a bottle, and charged with property damage, NME informs.
Doherty has a long history of alcohol and drug abuse, and, even though he claims to now clean of the latter thanks to an implant that stops the craving, reports in the media say it was his insistent inquiries about cocaine that led to the violent scene. The rocker had been drinking for the entire night and asking about where he could get his hands on the drug, and the patrons of the pub were eventually forced to escort him outside, which is when he turned violent.
“Pete Doherty has reportedly been arrested in Berlin. The singer, who has just finished a solo tour of Germany, is said to have thrown a pint glass at a car, breaking the back window. German news site Thelocal.de quotes daily paper Bild as reporting that Doherty was arrested shortly before 7am on Saturday morning (December 5) in the Kreuzberg district of the city, where he had been drinking with two friends,” NME writes.
Eyewitnesses tell the German media the rocker was very agitated and would not leave the property quietly. Instead of doing what was asked of him, he took a pint glass and threw it through the bar window. It broke not only this panel of glass, but also hit a nearby Ford Fiesta, breaking one of its windows as well. A passerby saw the incident as it was happening and called the police. Doherty was escorted to the police station, booked and bailed.
“The three of them had just come from Wiener Straße. There they’d been tossed out of a bar. I almost threw Pete out [of Trinkteufel] too. He was drinking shots and constantly asking about cocaine,” a patron is quoted by NME as telling the German media. The rocker was charged with property damage and is more than likely to walk away with a fine.