http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/07/18/exclusive-ronnie-wood...Exclusive: Ronnie Wood's teen lover fled to see dad in Orkney as rocker entered rehab
Jul 18 2008 By Charlie Gall
ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood's Russian lover fled to her dad on a Scots island.
Waitress Ekaterina Ivanova, 19, headed for artist Sergei Ivanov's hideaway during her fling with the 61-year-old rocker.
As guitarist Wood went into rehab - for the seventh time - yesterday, locals in Orkney revealed how the teenage waitress branded a marriage-wrecker sought refuge on the island of Papa Westray.
Ekaterina, known as Katia, and Wood had been on a 10-day bender at the star's house in County Kildare, Ireland, until Tuesday.
But his son Jesse brought him back to London on a private jet that night after wife Jo, 53, told him to come home or their marriage was over.
And Katia was in hiding and believed to be considering s250,000-plus offers for her story.
Meanwhile, on Papa Westray, Orkney's northernmost island with a population of just 70, locals spoke about how Katia visited her dad.
She is said to have first met Wood in the Capricorn Club in London's Soho in April and offered to pose for the Stone, who is also an accomplished painter.
She visited Sergei in Orkney not long after.
Sergei, in his 50s, shares his art studio and home in Tredwall with his girlfriend Tsz Man Chan, who is from Hong Kong and said to be about Katia's age.
A local businessman said: "Ekaterina was up to see her dad a few weeks ago.
"I recognised her from the newspapers. Other locals told me she's been coming here since her father moved here in 2006.
"Her dad's girlfriend isn't much older than her so he can hardly have a go at Ronnie Wood.
"Perhaps he's pretty cool about it. He's an arty type and mixes with musicians and art lovers. There's always music on in the house.
"He bought another strip of land and the word was that he was planning to build an earth house, a mud hut or something."
Sergei split from Katia's mother Irina some years ago.
One islander said: "Ekaterina doesn't stay here but her dad's on the island and lives with his partner.
"As far as the islanders are concerned, this is a lot of fuss about nothing. We're busy preparing for our annual gala weekend but I very much doubt if we'll see the Rolling Stones performing, although they'd get a warm welcome.
"Sergei and his partner run an art studio-cum-shop from their home. They are into art in a big way."
A crofter said: "They attend events like functions, dances, that kind of thing. He's about 50 but his partner is much younger."
A spokesman for Wood said last night: "Following Ronnie's continued battle with alcohol, he has entered a period of rehab.
"His close family and friends say he is getting help and look forward to his recovery."
Meanwhile, Katia's mother says she believes her daughter's relationship with the troubled Stone was a sexual one. She also said her daughter hoped to make her fortune posing for his paintings.
Irina, 45, said: "Ekaterina is OK. She says to me she is very, very sorry. But I have to stand by her.
"The way she is described is as a Russian waitress but what it means is she is a bitch.
"Jo Wood said she is a bitch but she's only 19 - she's just a normal girl."
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