DETROIT (AP) -- Aretha Franklin didn't cooperate with authorities investigating a fire that destroyed her $1.6-million mansion, according to a police report.
The Bloomfield Township police report shows officers were rebuffed repeatedly while trying to interview Franklin after the Oct. 25 blaze, The Detroit News reported.
On the morning of the fire at the vacant home used for storage, according to the report, Franklin twice told detectives by phone that she was ``too tired'' to talk and would call back.
When she did not, detectives left a message and were contacted by attorney Elbert Hatchett of Pontiac, who said the 60-year-old singer declined to be interviewed, the report said Monday.
During the most recent conversation between police and Hatchett on Thursday, the report said Franklin ``was upset with the way this matter was being handled and would not be interviewed.''
Los Angeles publicist Sanford Brokaw said in a statement last week that Franklin and her attorneys have been ``cooperative from the very beginning.''
Neither Brokaw nor Hatchett could be reached for comment on the new police report.
Detectives tried interviews with Franklin on Oct. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 10 and last Thursday, according to the police document.
Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor James Halushka said Franklin is not a suspect.
Authorities have yet to file charges in the fire. An investigation indicated that an accelerant was used to start the fire in three locations on the first floor of the 10,000-square-foot mansion.
