Producer Dallas Austin slams Joss Stone

Producer Dallas Austin has launched a scathing attack on Joss Stone.

Austin, who recently produced Girls Aloud and Sugababes' Comic Relief single 'Walk This Way', claimed in an interview with Rowdy TV that Stone slept with rapper Novel to secure his creative input on her Introducing Joss Stone album.

He fumed: "The problem you got is her - Joss Stone - and all these bitches wanna f**k for tracks...I had nothing to do with her f**king Novel to get her tracks. That's all she was doing to each producer."

Stone has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently. She appeared on stage two hours late at a gig last week and her appearance at last month's Brit Awards has been widely criticised.

Introducing Joss Stone was released on Monday.