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Arsenio Hall sues Sinead O'Connor over Prince drug claims

Sinead O'Connor accused comedian Arsenio Hall of supplying drugs to Prince. Hall is suing the Irish singer
Sinead O'Connor accused comedian Arsenio Hall of supplying drugs to Prince. Hall is suing the Irish singer Sinead O'Connor accused comedian Arsenio Hall of supplying drugs to Prince. Hall is suing the Irish singer

US comedian Arsenio Hall is suing Sinead O’Connor over a Facebook post in which the singer accused him of supplying Prince with drugs.

The libel lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court calls O’Connor’s accusations fabricated lies.

The lawsuit says O’Connor, who scored a hit in 1990 with her version of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U, barely knew the superstar and despised him.

O’Connor wrote in a Facebook post on Monday that said investigators looking into the supply of drugs used by Prince should question Hall, pictured bottom.

She also accused him of drugging her.

The lawsuit seeks more than $5 million  (£3.4 million) in damages but any award would be decided by a jury.

The body of Prince (57) was found at his Paisley Park home on the outskirts of Minnesota on April 21.

Investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and if a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death.

They are also trying to establish whether a doctor was on the singer's plane when it made an emergency landing less than a week before he died.