14 DAY TRIAL // The New York Post published a piece soon after the death of the fashion designer L'Wren Scott, the former girlfriend of Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger, in which it called her “Yoko,” making a reference to Yoko Ono, the woman generally believed to have broken up The Beatles with her relationship with John Lennon.
The story alleged that L'Wren remained behind in New York while the band went on tour in Australia because the rest of the members “loathed” her, as she was very controlling. A source quoted by the paper claimed, “When they saw her, they said, “Here comes Yoko.”
This is clearly a taunt, because the comparison with John Lennon's widow can only refer to the latter's role (at least in the public acceptance) in the breakup of The Beatles in 1970.
The article goes on to explain that the rest of the members further snubbed the fashion designer by not wearing the outfits she created for them on stage. This eventually led to her creating just Mick's outfits.
The newspaper even goes as far as to claim that Jagger had recently broken up with Scott, causing her major grief and probably driving her to suicide. The rocker later came forward and called this “horrible” gossip.
Now, Telegraph claims Rolling Stones insiders are furious because they think The Post is out to get them, “It’s just the worst.This is a newspaper out to get us.” Friends of the band have spoken out against the publication, blaming it of having a “vendetta” against the fashion designer who took her own life earlier this week by hanging herself.
Mick Jagger meanwhile is said to be feeling ill with grief as he has just made his way from Australia back into the States, in order to make funeral plans. A statement released by his representative has asked fans and media to give him and his family privacy “during this difficult time.”
At the moment it's hard to discern which reports from the New York Post are true and which are fabricated, as they also published a rumor that Scott was close to announcing the closure of her debt-ridden firm.
What is clear is that L'Wren Scott decided to take her own life on Monday, after having spent several days on the Caribbean island of Mustique last week and holding a dinner party for close friends in her New York apartment just hours before her death.