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Agence France-Presse

French police arrested British rocker Pete Doherty after a drunken brawl in Paris on Sunday, a day after they released him following a cocaine bust, prosecutors and his lawyer said.
Doherty, 40, the frontman of the Libertines, was arrested for assaulting a man while drunk, said the Paris prosecutors’ office
His lawyer Arash Derambarsh said Doherty was arrested after a fight with another man who was also drunk, who had filed a complaint for assault against him.
After being released on Saturday from custody following an arrest for possession of cocaine, Doherty “went home then went out again to have a drink”, the lawyer added.
Pete Doherty fined and released from Paris jail following cocaine bust
But because of the detox treatment he has been following for a month he cannot hold his drink, said Derambarsh.
Doherty was first arrested in the early hours of Friday morning when Paris police caught him just after he had bought cocaine.
The singer opted for a simplified procedure for people caught using drugs, agreeing to pay daily 50-euro (US$55) fines for 100 days, failing which he will be jailed, the Paris prosecutors’ office said.
A judge still has to sign off on that deal, however.

Derambarsh said on Saturday that his client, who is at the start of a major tour, had agreed to undergo full-time medical treatment for his addiction to avoid a relapse.
The bad boy of British rock – as famous for having dated supermodel Kate Moss as for his music – has repeatedly made headlines for drugs offences.
In 2012, he was thrown out of a luxury rehab clinic in Thailand after claims he was a bad influence on other patients and did not try hard enough to kick his heroin habit.


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British rocker Pete Doherty arrested again in Paris for assault a day after release on drugs charges

Pete Doherty of The Libertines performs at Glastonbury Festival in 2015. Photo: Reuters

FILE - In this May 4, 2017 file photo, British musician Pete Doherty performs on stage during a concert in Paris. Paris authorities say British singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in Paris for buying drugs. The Paris prosecutor's office said the 40-year old former Libertines and Babyshambles front man was placed in detention in night of Thursday-Friday Nov.8, 2019 after being stopped by police during a drugs transaction. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

British Libertines frontman Pete Doherty fined €5,000 and released from Paris jail following cocaine bust

Pete Doherty performs on stage during the Beauregard festival in d'Herouville-Saint-Clair, western France. Photo: AFP

FILE PHOTO: Pete Doherty of The Libertines performs on the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 20, 2012 British actor Pete Doherty poses during the photocall of "Confession of a Child of the Century" presented in the Un Certain Regard selection at the 65th Cannes film festival in Cannes. - British rocker Pete Doherty was arrested and taken into custody in Paris November 8, 2019 after being caught buying cocaine, a French police source told AFP. The former Libertines frontman tried to resist arrest after being caught in the early hours of November 8 carrying two packets of cocaine, one of which he had partly consumed, the source said. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

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Damien Michael Charnock was arrested at a flat in Singapore in March. Photo: AFP

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Customs and police seized 1,014kg (2,235lb) of cocaine in the first six months of 2019, nearly three times the 355kg (739lb) uncovered in same period last year. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Hong Kong Customs yesterday (October 22) seized about 11 kilograms of suspected liquid cocaine and about 9 grams of suspected methamphetamine with a total estimated market value of about $11.6 million at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo shows the suspected liquid cocaine seized.  22OCT19 HANDOUT PHOTO

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After being released on Saturday from custody following an arrest for possession of cocaine, Doherty went out for a drink and got into a fight
His lawyer said the detox treatment he has been following for a month means he cannot hold his drink



After being released on Saturday from custody following an arrest for possession of cocaine, Doherty went out for a drink and got into a fight, his lawyer said.


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