Perdita
11-09-2009, 05:53
THE frantic family of Suga-babe Amelle Berrabah feared she had been KIDNAPPED after she "vanished" mysteriously for days, The Sun can reveal.
The gorgeous singer went missing after a massive bust-up with bandmate Keisha Buchanan.
She WALKED OUT on the smash-hit group, MISSED a string of public appearances including a nightclub gig and FAILED to respond to calls from her management.
Her family could not contact her either. And on Wednesday they alerted cops because they were terrified she had been abducted.
But yesterday police tracked her down to her North London home, where she had locked herself away.
Amelle, 25, told them she was safe. But she was desperately unhappy and needed a break after a run-in with hot-headed Keisha, 24. Last night a close friend told The Sun Amelle had become depressed over what she felt was jealousy within the group over her recent No1 collaboration with Tinchy Stryder, Never Leave You.
She also featured heavily in the raunchy video for the Sugababes' latest hit Get Sexy.
The friend said: "She is deeply unhappy at the moment and is scared of Keisha.
"She still loves the band and the last thing she wants to do is quit. But the problem needs to be addressed because she feels she is being bullied.
"Keisha will just have digs at her throughout the day and it has been going on for months. It has got worse since Amelle had the Tinchy Stryder single and featured big-time in the Get Sexy video. Keisha is very dominating while Amelle is quite placid." Amelle's missed public appearances included a gig at London's Movida club on Tuesday night. Keisha and the third Sugababe, 26-year-old Heidi Range, filled the gap by inviting a fan to sing with them on stage.
Amelle's family raised the alarm over her apparent disappearance from her home town of Aldershot, Hants.
Hampshire Police passed on a missing persons report to the Metropolitan force. And officers found her before a kidnap unit was alerted.
The Sugababes are due to jet to America next week to film the video for a single from album Sweet 7.
Amelle - whose sister Zakiya insists she has been lying low simply because she has tonsillitis - has told a pal she will make the flight.
And she said she had been shocked by the police turning up at her house.
Amelle is not unfamiliar with controversy and drama.
Last year she said she came close to a nervous breakdown after her sister Samiya accused her traveller boyfriend Freddie Fuller of rape.
Freddie was released without charge after it was established he was five miles away from the alleged incident.
In January last year Amelle was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to a car in Aldershot. But no charges followed.
The arrest came soon after Freddie nearly lost an arm in a savage machete attack outside a pub in the town.
In April 2007 Amelle was arrested over allegations she assaulted an 18-year-old girl on the dancefloor of a bar in Guildford, Surrey. She spent a night in the cells before being freed.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2632144/Amelle-flees-Sugababes-over-Keisha-but-up.html
The gorgeous singer went missing after a massive bust-up with bandmate Keisha Buchanan.
She WALKED OUT on the smash-hit group, MISSED a string of public appearances including a nightclub gig and FAILED to respond to calls from her management.
Her family could not contact her either. And on Wednesday they alerted cops because they were terrified she had been abducted.
But yesterday police tracked her down to her North London home, where she had locked herself away.
Amelle, 25, told them she was safe. But she was desperately unhappy and needed a break after a run-in with hot-headed Keisha, 24. Last night a close friend told The Sun Amelle had become depressed over what she felt was jealousy within the group over her recent No1 collaboration with Tinchy Stryder, Never Leave You.
She also featured heavily in the raunchy video for the Sugababes' latest hit Get Sexy.
The friend said: "She is deeply unhappy at the moment and is scared of Keisha.
"She still loves the band and the last thing she wants to do is quit. But the problem needs to be addressed because she feels she is being bullied.
"Keisha will just have digs at her throughout the day and it has been going on for months. It has got worse since Amelle had the Tinchy Stryder single and featured big-time in the Get Sexy video. Keisha is very dominating while Amelle is quite placid." Amelle's missed public appearances included a gig at London's Movida club on Tuesday night. Keisha and the third Sugababe, 26-year-old Heidi Range, filled the gap by inviting a fan to sing with them on stage.
Amelle's family raised the alarm over her apparent disappearance from her home town of Aldershot, Hants.
Hampshire Police passed on a missing persons report to the Metropolitan force. And officers found her before a kidnap unit was alerted.
The Sugababes are due to jet to America next week to film the video for a single from album Sweet 7.
Amelle - whose sister Zakiya insists she has been lying low simply because she has tonsillitis - has told a pal she will make the flight.
And she said she had been shocked by the police turning up at her house.
Amelle is not unfamiliar with controversy and drama.
Last year she said she came close to a nervous breakdown after her sister Samiya accused her traveller boyfriend Freddie Fuller of rape.
Freddie was released without charge after it was established he was five miles away from the alleged incident.
In January last year Amelle was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to a car in Aldershot. But no charges followed.
The arrest came soon after Freddie nearly lost an arm in a savage machete attack outside a pub in the town.
In April 2007 Amelle was arrested over allegations she assaulted an 18-year-old girl on the dancefloor of a bar in Guildford, Surrey. She spent a night in the cells before being freed.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2632144/Amelle-flees-Sugababes-over-Keisha-but-up.html