FBI file claims Houston was blackmailed over alleged lesbian affair

Whitney Houston was the victim of an extortion plot over an alleged lesbian affair, it has been claimed.

A heavily-redacted FBI file on the late singer states she was asked for $250,000 from a Chicago lawyer on the night before the premiere of her 1992 movie 'The Bodyguard', new book 'Whitney & Bobbi Kristina: The Deadly Price of Fame' has alleged.