Whitney Houston was blackmailed 23 years ago by someone purporting to know all about the singer’s love life, a new book alleges.
Author Ian Halperin makes the claim in his book released this week, ‘Whitney & Bobbi Kristina: The Deadly Price of Fame,’ the New York Post reported.
Citing a FBI report, the newspaper says an attorney sought to have Houston pay him $250,000 back in 1992.
The attorney claimed to have ‘knowledge of intimate details regarding Whitney Houston’s romantic relationships and will go public with the information’ while speaking to a federal agent, an excerpt of the report quoted by the New York Post said.
The newspaper explained that Houston and female pal Robyn Crawford had been accused of being romantically involved when the alleged blackmailing occurred.
Another piece of the report quoted by the New York Post said John Houston ‘settled the matter by sending a confidentiality agreement almost immediately.’
According to the newspaper, Whitney’s ex-bodyguard Kevin Ammons claims in the unauthorized biography John Houston was afraid of Crawford publicly revealing her relationship with his singer daughter.
Ammons alleges in the book Houston offered to pay him $6,000 to threaten Crawford, and the bodyguard said no before Houston declared he wanted her monitored, the Post reported.
Source: Daily Mail