British rocker Doherty gets drug ultimatum

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — British rock star Pete Doherty, partner of supermodel Kate Moss, hinted during a court hearing Wednesday that she had given him an ultimatum over his drug use.

"The people I'm closest to have had enough. They say it's drugs or them," he told a court in London, where he was appearing for a review of a drug treatment order.

The Babyshambles frontman, 28, added that "a lot has changed in the last week" without elaborating further.

At a concert last week he referred to Moss, with whom he has had an on-off relationship since 2005, as his "fiancee", fuelling speculation that the pair are set to marry.

Doherty arrived 30 minutes late for his hearing at Thames Magistrates' Court, east London, but was praised by District Judge Jane McIvor for...