Former cocktail waitress Ekaterina Ivanova is the girlfriend of Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones. In December of 2009, Wood was arrested and charged with assaulting Ivanova, who was 20 years old at the time.http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/03/rolling-stone-guitarist-ron-wood-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-girlfriend/ Ivanova met Wood, who has a well-documented history of alcoholism, at the launch of the film Shine a Light in April of 2008. Wood divorced his wife of 24 years in 2008.http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/03/rolling-stone-guitarist-ron-wood-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-girlfriend/
Wood disappeared for ten days and was reportedly with Ivanova, drinking two bottles of vodka a day, after he had left his wife and four children. On July 16, 2008, Wood returned to Britain and entered rehab.Mail Online: Revealed: The teenage vamp who stole Ronnie Wood's heart (July 14, 2008)
Ron Wood, Binge or True Love?
Ron Wood publicly admitted he was an alcoholic in 2000. His ex-wife and mother of his four children, has said that says Ivanova is "a terrible alcoholic."Mail Online: Revealed: The teenage vamp who stole Ronnie Wood's heart (July 14, 2008) Ivanova said that Mrs. Wood begged her not to steal her husband.NY Daily News: Rolling Stones' Ron Wood, 61, cavorts with 18-year-old waitress (July 11, 2008)
Wood Enters Rehab
On July 16, 2008, it was reported that Ron Wood entered rehab after a ten day disappearance with Ivanova. Wood returned to Britain for rehab.Telegraph: Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood in Rehab (July 16, 2008)
Quotes
"It was unbelievable. She would be at my place and get a call from Ronnie. She'd go off and meet him in some swanky bar and wouldn't come back. He started inviting her to Ireland. She also modelled for his paintings and he told her she would get a cut if any of them sold. I was a bit jealous - I couldn't really compete." -Chris Kiely, Ivanova's ex-boyfriendDaily Mail: Revealed: The Teenage Vamp Who Stole Ronnie Wood's Heart (July 14, 2008)