Stones guitarist rolls into rehab after Russian romance
Published 18 July, 2008, 01:13
She could have been his Honky Tonk woman, but in the end it was Mixed Emotions for Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. His affair with an 18-year-old Russian girl is now over after he checked into rehab – and she checked out of the UK to go home to Moscow.
The 61 year-old musician met Ekaterina Ivanova at a London party where she was working as a cocktail waitress.
The romance blossomed after the young Muscovite allegedly modelled for a painting by the musician who is also an amateur artist.
Wood spent last week locked into his home in Ireland with Ivanova, reportedly drinking two bottles of vodka a day.
But on Monday the Rolling Stone checked into a rehab clinic.
Meanwhile, Ivanova has gone back to live with her mother, who plans to sell the story of the romance to the tabloids.
The affair is said to have ended Wood’s marriage of 23 years to wife Jo, with whom he has four children, all older than Ivanova.
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