Police to probe Moss 'cocaine' report
Police are to investigate allegations that supermodel Kate Moss has taken cocaine, Scotland Yard said today.
Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur ordered the probe after pictures allegedly showing Moss snorting the drug appeared in a newspaper.
A spokeswoman said: “Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur has reviewed the matter and has asked officers from the specialist crime directorate to look at reports, as highlighted in a national newspaper.”
She would not say whether Moss would be interviewed by officers.
Yesterday, it was announced that the model was being dropped from a planned advertising campaign for the fashion store H&M.
The clothing and cosmetics giant said in a statement that it would cancel a future campaign with the 31-year-old Moss.
H&M's decision came after the chain earlier condemned drug abuse but reportedly said it was willing to give the model another chance.
In a statement yesterday it said: “H&M will cancel the planned advertising campaign with model Kate Moss.
“H&M is strongly against drug abuse and for many years has actively supported the drug preventing organisation Mentor Foundation.
“After having evaluated the situation, H&M has decided that a campaign with Kate Moss is inconsistent with H&M’s clear dissociation of drugs.”
Moss posed for H&M a couple of years ago, appearing in fashion magazines.
She had been due to star in a campaign starting in November for the company’s high-profile Stella McCartney collection.
The supermodel makes millions from lucrative deals with companies including Burberry, Chanel and Christian Dior.
Chanel and Dior both declined to comment in the wake of H&M’s decision.
Moss is also the face of Rimmel, a make-up brand targeted at teenage girls, and has two years left to run on her contract.
In 1998, she had a spell in the Priory clinic after her party lifestyle took its toll.
Talking during an interview with David Bowie two years ago, Moss said she had given up drugs.
