Moss to seek drug treatment broad

SUPERMODEL Kate Moss, whose career has been in freefall since she was pictured apparently indulging in a marathon cocaine session, will start rehab today, sources said last night.

Moss, who has already lost lucrative contracts with H&M, Burberry and Chanel because of the drug allegations, will be seeking treatment abroad, sources said. The Croydon-born model is not currently in Britain and will be staying away, they added.

Moss’s world was turned upside down a week and a half ago, when pictures were published apparently showing her snorting lines of cocaine in a recording studio with her on-off lover Pete Doherty.

More allegations of drink and drug-fuelled lesbian sex sessions and wild parties at her mansion in Gloucestershire appeared a week later.

Labels swiftly started to disassociate themselves from the star, with H&M the first to cancel a planned advertising campaign.

Burberry followed, and then fashion house Chanel said they would not be extending her contract when it expired next month.

A multi-million euro contract with cosmetic giant Rimmel still hangs in the balance as they continue to consider the model’s future.

A spokeswoman for Coty Beauty, which manages the make-up firm, said last night: “Nothing has changed. We have welcomed and acknowledged her statement and apology but we are still reviewing her contract. We do, however, offer her and anyone else going through the same thing all our support.”

Rimmel may still be contemplating their relationship with the mother-of-one but her agency, Storm, have given Moss their full support.

Storm managing director, Sarah Doukas, who discovered the model in JFK Airport when she was 14, said last night that Moss had never been anything other than the consummate “professional”.

“I feel compelled to speak out in defence of Kate Moss following recent days of speculation and, in many cases, ill-informed and inaccurate stories,” she said.

“I know Kate and I have represented her for the last 18 years. Over this time, she has consistently demonstrated herself to be a professional and exceptional model and a loyal, special and dear friend to me and countless others.”

Storm would “fully support Kate both professionally and personally” throughout this “difficult time”, she added.

Kate Moss initially kept quiet about the allegations but made a public statement last Thursday.

“I take full responsibility for my actions. I also accept that there are various personal issues that I need to address and have started taking the difficult yet necessary steps to resolve them,” she said. The model also apologised to all the people she had “let down because of my behaviour”.