A FBI report on the late Whitney Houston reveals ranting letters from a fan who tried to threaten Houston, and another fan who tried to extort the troubled pop star.
The 128-page document was released in answer to Freedom of Information Act requests and spans from 1988 to 1992, the peak years of Houston’s career.
One fan, who appears to be a Vermont resident, sent nearly 70 letters to the singer that started off with admiration but turned haunting, NJ.com reports.
The unnamed fan hand-wrote, “I might hurt someone with some crazy idea and not realize how stupid an idea it was until after it was done.”
Another letter reads, “I am in love with Miss Whitney Houston. I have been in love with her since March of 1986.”
USA Today also revealed details of a 1992 letter, marked “extortion” by the FBI, that was sent to Houston’s New Jersey offices of Nippy Inc.
In the letter, a woman demanded that unless Houston paid $100,000, “certain details” of her “private life” would be revealed.
A later letter then upped the price to $250,000, claiming to have “intimate details” of Houston’s “romantic relationships.”
In an interview with the FBI, Houston admitted that she ”did discuss personal things” with this person and allegedly paid off the person to keep quiet.
According to the documents, Houston’s father sent a letter of confidentiality to this unnamed person with a considerable amount of money, which was blacked out by the FBI. Upon investigation, agents and prosecutors determined no crime occurred and the case was closed soon after.
AP reports that agents found no evidence of criminal threats to the singer in fan mail that was sent to the FBI for investigation in 1988 and 1999.
Houston drowned in a bathtub at age 48 at a Beverley Hills Hilton hotel room on Feb. 11, 2012, on the eve of the Grammys.