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Ronnie rolls into rehab

Published: Thursday, 17 July 2008, 9:43PM

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has entered rehab for the seventh time, due to his continuing battle with alcohol, a spokeswoman for the star has said.

The 61-year-old is "seeking help" after returning from Ireland on Tuesday, having reportedly been shacked up in his Co Kildare bolt-hole with Russian cocktail waitress Ekaterina Ivanova, 19.

His spokeswoman said: "Following Ronnie's continued battle with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab. His close family and friends say he is seeking help and look forward to his recovery."

Wood's son, Jesse, 30, went to Ireland to try and talk the guitarist into returning while wife Jo, 53, is said to have called time on their 23-year union.

Ivanova has reportedly told friends she has fallen in love with the rocker while her mother insists the relationship with the painter and musician is purely professional, saying: "She went out to model for him."

Wood, worth around £70 million, is said to have done a nude painting of the teenager, although he has not named her as the model. Called Photography Nude II, it is now showing at a Dublin gallery.