Rolling Stones’ guitarist Ronnie Wood, 62 years old, was arrested last night on “suspicion of assault in connection with a domestic incident”. Basically, he beat up his 20-year-old girlfriend, Ekaterina Ivanova. Ivanova got together with Wood when he was still married to his wife of 24 years, Jo Woods, and that was back when Ivanova was literally a teenager. I think the story was that she was a waitress, and she waited on Wood in more ways than one. Anyway, Jo took Ronnie to the cleaners in the divorce, but Ronnie probably is still sitting on a sizable estate. That I’m sure his 20-year-old girlfriend wants to get her hands on. But not if Ronnie is going to beat the crap out of her.

Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones was released on bail Thursday after being arrested for possible assault in southern England, police and his spokesman said.

Police in Surrey said a 62-year-old man from the town of Esher was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of assault in connection with a domestic incident on Claygate High Street, south of London.

Police said he was bailed out on Thursday and he will face further inquiries in January. They did not release any details about the incident.

“I can confirm that there was an incident last night and that Ronnie Wood was arrested,” said David Rigg, Wood’s spokesman. “He has since been released on police bail.”

Wood’s private life has been in turmoil for more than a year since he started a relationship with Russian Ekaterina Ivanova. That led to his divorce last month by Jo Wood, his wife of 24 years, on the grounds of adultery. He and Wood have two children together.

Wood has been a guitar stalwart of the Rolling Stones, one of the world’s longest-running and most popular rock bands. In recent years he has also found some success as an artist, selling his paintings in numerous galleries.

His romantic troubles have provided ample fodder for Britain’s tabloids, who frequently print photographs of the craggy, aging rocker cavorting with his young Russian girlfriend.

[From Huffington Post]

Little girl, it might be time to pack it in with Grampa Punchy. I don’t care if he has more money than God, he can’t get it up anymore, he’s always drunk and you’re convinced he’s going to kick the bucket at any moment – when he starts hitting you, it’s time to go. My guess is that Ronnie was three sheets to the wind, and he probably slapped Ekaterina around and she called the cops. I wonder if she’ll even end up pressing charges in the long run – I doubt it. I mean, she should, but I doubt she will. She wants to get paid too.