Babyshambles' Pete Doherty Goes to Court

Pete Doherty, the Babyshambles front man and former Libertines singer/guitarist and ex-boyfriend of model Kate Moss, was in a London courthouse Thursday where he plead guilty on drugs possession charges after arriving an hour late. But while the court appearance was a sober affair (no pun intended), at least inside the courthouse, it turned into a circus outside as Doherty made his exit. He reportedly kicked a BBC reporter, ran down the street trailed by the press and paparazzi, jumped onto the trunk of his Jaguar before leaping into his car and speeding off and nearly smashing into another vehicle in the process. Before he raced off, he spelled out a message to his ex-girlfriend on the car window, writing, "I love Kate 4 eva,"as well as adding "QPR" for his favorite English football (soccer) team, Queens Park Rangers. That Doherty has major, serious drug and addiction problems is no surprise. But how it is that he keeps getting arrested and ending up in jail so many times is boggling. Hopefully, he's getting his act together and overcoming his problems, because there's no doubt that he has talent and -- as anyone who has listened to his music can attest -- the potential to become a major artist.

Posted by Supercore at March 24, 2006 12:41 AM