Tabloids ease off Olsen cocaine story
American tabloids are backing off their claim that Mary-Kate Olsen checked into a Utah clinic for a cocaine addiction - instead of an eating disorder as widely reported.
Star magazine has been cooperating with the Olsen camp and will run a more flattering picture of the superstar this week - despite claiming last month that she was been treating at Cirque Lodge for illegal substance abuse.
Olsen spokesman Michael Pagnotta says: "We felt it was in Mary-Kate's interest to have as good a picture as we could provide.
"Our lawyers came into agreement with their lawyers."
The publication's accompanying story does not mention cocaine according to gossip site pagesix.com and concentrates on Mary-Kate's treatment for anorexia.
However publishers American Media Inc (AMI) spokesperson Stu Zakim claims the weeklies are standing by their coke claims, but "it was old news.
"She was always being treated for anorexia and cocaine."
Pagnotta refutes the cocaine reports, and says: "The cocaine stories were false, and it was pointed out internally.
"We made the best of what was not an easy situation."
