Editing Jay Kay (section)

==Legal issues==
In April 2001, Kay was charged with [[assault]]ing a photographer and [[criminal damage|damaging]] his camera outside the Attica nightclub in London's [[West End of London|West End]]. Kay pleaded not guilty, and the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=20 November 2001 |title=Jay Kay assault charges dropped |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/jay-kay-assault-charges-dropped-6335649.html |access-date=18 March 2009 |work=The Standard |publisher=}}</ref>

In May 2002, Kay was questioned by police after an altercation at a premiere party for ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'', outside the [[St Martin's Lane|St Martin's Lane Hotel]], where it was alleged a photographer kicked his £70,000 [[Bentley]] after Kay had attempted to grab him as his car drove off. Kay harangued the photographer and his girlfriend, causing the man to give him a severe headbutt to the nose. The pair were separated with blood streaming from Kay's shattered nose. The fight almost resumed inside the hotel, and Kay was photographed in a distressed state. He sported a black eye at his next gig.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/jay-kay-in-premiere-party-brawl-6328525.html|title=Jay Kay in premiere party brawl|author=Charles Miranda|date=14 May 2002|work=London Evening Standard|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref> He was also reported to have got into a scuffle at an afterparty for the [[2002 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2002-05-15 |title=Funk Star Wars!! |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jamiroquai-27-1378620 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In September 2006, he was arrested outside a nightclub in [[West End of London|West End]], London for allegedly assaulting a photographer and damaging his camera. He was alleged to have acted erratically and was taken to [[West End Central Police Station|Saville Police Station]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5339192.stm</ref><ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/jay-kay-arrested-after-attacking-paparazzi-7170291.html</ref><ref>https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/09/12/Jamiroquai-singer-held-briefly-in-dust-up/42361158116091/</ref><ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1565377/Paparazzi-always-hunt-for-that-20000-picture.html</ref>

In March 2009, Kay's black [[Ferrari Enzo]] suffered nearly £10,000 worth of damage during an altercation with hotel chef Aaron Billington at the Brudenell Hotel in [[Aldeburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luxist.com/2009/03/04/angry-chef-trashes-rock-stars-ferrari-enzo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513205437/http://www.luxist.com/2009/03/04/angry-chef-trashes-rock-stars-ferrari-enzo/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2011|title=Angry Chef Trashes Rock Star's Ferrari Enzo, Archive.org|date=12 February 2019}}</ref> Billington, who was drunk and motivated by romantic interest in a woman with whom Kay was interacting, lost his job and was jailed for 20 weeks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/pastry-chef-jailed-for-smashing-jamiroquai-singers-ferrari-28475454.html|title = Pastry chef jailed for smashing Jamiroquai singer's Ferrari|newspaper = Belfasttelegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8002072.stm |title=England &#124; Suffolk &#124; Jay Kay car attack chef is jailed |publisher=BBC News |date=16 April 2009 |accessdate=27 November 2021}}</ref>