After having been arrested for posession of drugs on February 25th, George Michael issued this statement in a timely manner on February 27th:

"I have been through enough in 24 years of dealing with the media to know what I am in for from them this week. Much of it will be inaccurate or simply untrue. I can handle that, it is my own stupid fault, as usual.

I was in possession of Class C drugs which is an offence and I have no complaints about the police who were professional throughout.
The only thing I care about is that people know that I was properly tested by the police doctor on Saturday night, who stated to the officers present that I was not impaired in any way and should be allowed to drive home.

In fact, the only reason I didn't drive home was that the police accidentally immobilized my car when they parked it.
The duty solicitor very kindly gave me a lift home.


PS: I promise I won't make a record out of this one - even though it is tempting - "