Prince had 'an uncontrollable cocaine habit' according to newly released police call records

Prince allegedly had a cocaine habit that he “could not control”, according to newly released police call records.

A report from June 2011 shows a woman called Carver County Sherriff’s Office, Minnesota, to report she was “concerned about Prince’s cocaine habit”.

The unnamed caller claimed Prince had "advised her last year in Germany that he cannot control his habit and she was advised to report it".

Police told the woman that because the information was a year old and "she did not specify Prince is in immediate danger" the incident was closed, the documents show.

The police call records were released two weeks after the 57-year-old singer was found dead at his home in Paisley Park, Minneapolis.

Authorities are yet to release details of the result of his post-mortem examination.

Further police records show a person asked for a message to be delivered to Prince in January 2015 "regarding a mutual son who was having open heart surgery".

The sheriff's office said at the time it would not conduct "any kind of third party messaging" between her and Prince.

On the day Prince died, a woman reportedly called police and claimed she had a child with the musician, a 17-year-old boy, and she wanted her son to attend the funeral.

The sheriff's office left a message for Paisley Park staff, according to the records.

Investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and if a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death.

They are also trying to establish whether a doctor was on the singer's plane when it made an emergency landing less than a week before he died.

The Purple Rain star was found unconscious on the plane after it stopped in Moline, western Illinois, on April 15. He was given a drug used to treat suspected overdoses.

Prescription drugs were found at Prince's home following his death.

Prince's long-time friend and collaborator Sheila E said he had hip and knee problems that were the result of years of jumping off speakers in heels while performing on stage.

Additional reporting by Press Association.