Tulisa drops sex-video lawsuits and says 'My life is over' after cocaine arrest - Examiner.com

Contostavlos currently has even bigger legal problems: On June 4, 2013, she was arrested in London on suspicion of supplying cocaine. Police searched her £6 million mansion in Hertfordshire, England, on the day that she was arrested. The arrest came two days after The Sun published an explosive story about how one of its undercover reporters caught Contostavlos on video setting up a £800 cocaine deal. She also allegedly bragged that it was easy for her to set up transactions for illegal drugs such as cocaine and marijuana because "half the guys I know are drug dealers."

Mike GLC, a 35-year-old rapper whose real name is Michael Cooms, was also arrested as part of the sting operation. The Sun reported that it had undercover video of Mike GLC completing the cocaine deal that Contostavlos allegedly set up. In the undercover video footage, Contostavlos allegedly describes Mike GLC as a "massive cocaine dealer" and "my best friend." The Sun reported that it handed over the undercover video and other evidence to police who are investigating the case.

Contostavlos has not commented on her cocaine arrest, but Mike GLC told reporters that he and Contostavlos are both innocent of the charges. Contostavlos and Mike GLC are both out on bail, and their first court date in their cocaine arrest is expected to take place in July 2013.

An unnamed source told The Sun: "Nobody has seen her this low before. A possible jail sentence and end to her career if she is found guilty is killing her. She's strong, but it will take a lot to get her through this. Tulisa just sits in one chair downstairs all day and night, rocking back and forth saying, 'My life is over.'"

As for Contostavlos' sex-video scandal, that scandal began in March 2012, when the video was made public. In the video, she is seen giving oral sex to Edwards (also known as rapper MC Ultra). The video has since been banned under a court injunction, and Contostavlos sued Edwards for leaking the video.

In July 2012, Contostavlos settled her lawsuit against Edwards, who then made a public apology for leaking the video. The Sun reported that before the video was banned, Edwards tried to make a lot of money from selling the video online, but only six people paid for it, and he made only £23 in profits.

One of the five other men who were sued by Contostavlos for leaking the video is Chris Herbert, who used to be the manager of the Spice Girls before the Spice Girls found worldwide fame with manager Simon Fuller. Herbert, who publicly denied the lawsuit's allegations, was a freelance consultant for "The X Factor" U.K., but he was dropped from the show after Contostavlos filed the lawsuit against him.

According to The Sun: "Her spokesman insisted it had been worth going to court — since those involved had been 'publicly humiliated.' He added that Tulisa still hopes to recover the 'lion's share' of her legal costs by pursuing owners of websites the tape appeared on."

Contostavlos was a judge on "The X Factor" U.K. in 2011 and 2012. She was fired from the show in 2013. Contostavlos has been replaced by Sharon Osbourne, who was originally a judge on "The X Factor" U.K. from 2004 to 2007.

At the time of Contostavlos' arrest, she had been planning a reunion with her hip-hop group N-Dubz, but those plans have now obviously been put on hold.