FBI recently declassified a file that refers to a blackmail case against the singer Whitney Houston, revealing that she paid the blackmailer $250,000 before federal agencies were able to intervene, informs express.co.uk. According to the documents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was notified in 1992 about a blackmail attempt against the singer Whitney Houston, who died in 2012, in a Beverly Hills, California hotel room at the age of 48. She accidentally drowned in the bathtub due to cocaine use and heart disease.
The diva has paid the amount requested, before the FBI took any action. Blackmailer claimed to “have intimate details of several love affairs of Whitney Houston and planned to make them public,” reads the FBI file. At that time, Whitney Houston, married to composer and singer Bobby Brown, was at the peak of her career.
The artist has told detectives from the FBI that the person who blackmailed her was part of her circle of friends. In 1999, the singer received a number of letters and tapes, sent from the Netherlands, at a time when the artist was probably the subject of new threats. In early March, the FBI made public a blackmail attempt against Whitney Houston, with the details of blackmail being only made public two days ago.
Whitney Houston, born on August 9, 1963, dominated the pop and soul music scene of the ’80s and ’90s, selling over 200 million records worldwide and was nicknamed “The Voice”. She was also successful in the cinema, playing opposite Kevin Costner in the movie “Bodyguard” (1992), for which she recorded a new version of “I Will Always Love You” (a song by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, 1974), which became extremely popular . Houston is the only artist who launched seven consecutive platinum albums, surpassing in this respect even the Beatles. Her list of awards includes, among others, 6 Grammy awards, two Emmys, 30 Billboard Music Awards and 22 American Music Awards.
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