London
(ANI):
Following
a
long
standing
battle
with
alcohol,
Rolling
Stone
star
Ronnie
Wood
finally
checked
into
rehab
after
disappearing
for
ten
days
with
a
Russian
cocktail
waitress.
Wood,
a
former
alcoholic,
started
drinking
again
after
he
met
Ekaterina
Ivanova
in
a
bar
and
has
been
consuming
two
bottles
of
vodka
a
day.
"Following
Ronnie's
continued
battle
with
alcohol
he
has
entered
a
period
of
rehab," The
Sun
quoted
a
spokesman
for
the
star,
as
saying.
Ivanova,
regularly
visited
the
61-year-old
rocker
in
The
Priory
last
month,
and
even
stayed
with
him
the
last
time
he
sought
help.
According
to
sources,
the
part-time
model
and
waitress
stayed
twice
at
the
centre
in
Roehampton,
South
West
London
without
any
knowledge
to
Wood's
wife
and
family.
The
liaison
with
the
Russian
waitress
started
when
Ronnie
had
checked
in
after
a
wine-tasting
session
in
the
run
up
to
his
daughter
Leah's
wedding.
"Everyone
thought
this
girl
must
have
been
Ronnie's
daughter,
but
it
quickly
became
apparent
she
wasn't.
We
then
assumed
she
was
a
groupie," said
a
source.
And
it
was
on
July
16
that
Ronnie
finally
left
Ireland,
where
he
had
been
with
Ekaterina,
after
eventually
answering
calls
from
family
and
pals
to
get
help.
It
was
also
revealed
that
Ronnie
did
not
participate
in
rehab
meetings
at
the
centre,
even
after
checking
in
to
beat
the
bottle.