Looks like Sinead O’Connor should have just expressed her condolences and thanked Prince for her biggest hit song. Instead, the singer who had a worldwide hit with a cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U” written by Prince is now facing a defamation suit from Arsenio Hall.
NY Daily News reports:
Arsenio Hall filed a $5 million lawsuit against Sinead O’Connor Thursday over the Irish songstress’ claim that he was Prince’s drug supplier, according to reports.
Hall filed the defamation suit after O’Connor took to Facebook following Prince’s death to accuse the former talk show host of feeding the megastar pills for decades.
“Two words for the DEA investigating where prince got his drugs over the decades…. Arsenio Hall (AKA Prince’s and Eddie Murphy’s b*****),” O’Connor wrote Monday on Facebook.
The 49-year-old singer, who had a massive hit with the Prince-penned “Nothing Compares 2 U,” went on to accuse Hall of drugging her and said that Prince was a “long time hard drug user” before his lifeless body was found April 21 at his Chanhassen, Minn. home.
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, comes as the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. attorney’s office joined the probe into what is appearing more and more like a criminal investigation into Prince’s passing.
The official cause of death has still not been disclosed, and autopsy results are pending — including toxicology tests.
“Anyone imagining prince was not a long time hard drug user is living in cloud cuckoo land,” O’Connor wrote in her rant.
“Arsenio I’ve reported you to the Carver County Sherrif’s office. Expect their call,” she went on. “They are aware you spiked me years ago at Eddie Murphy’s house. You best get tidying your man cave.”
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