Ronnie 'choked lover in street'
ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood was arrested amid claims that he "choked" his young Russian lover during a violent street bust-up.
Together ... Ronnie Wood and Ekaterina Ivanova
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The guitarist, 62, was said to have dragged 20-year-old Ekaterina Ivanova by the scruff of her neck in the 30-minute row.
Wood had threatened to stub out a cigarette in his Russian lover's FACE as they argued in the street, it was claimed last night.
Police arrested the wrinkly Rolling Stones legend after witnesses claimed they saw him "choking" waif-like waitress Ekaterina while dragging her screaming along a pavement.
Petite ... waif-like Ekaterina
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Last night it was claimed he only halted the alleged assault after a man heard "gurgling" sounds and shouted at him to stop.
Cops are investigating claims the guitarist hovered drunkenly over the terrified beauty with his cigarette inches from her face during a 30-minute fracas.
Ekaterina - said to have been dragged 20ft by the collar of her blouse and jacket - suffered knee injuries near the pair's Surrey home on Wednesday night. Her tights had been ripped.
Witness Celine Dixon said: "We heard a woman screaming, then saw a man pinning her to the ground.
"He was shouting at her then we heard choking sounds so my boyfriend rushed out to help. When he got outside he saw it was Ronnie and Ekaterina."
Dazed
Wood - whose band's hits include Street Fighting Man - is said to have walked away, leaving dazed Ekaterina crying in a shop doorway when challenged by Celine's boyfriend Phillip Legge.
She was helped to Phillip and Celine's nearby home and quizzed by police.
Break-up ... star's estranged missus Jo Wood
Officers then drove her to the £5million pad she shares with Wood in Claygate, Surrey, and arrested him on suspicion of assault.
The alcoholic rock idol - worth an estimated £70million - spent a night sobering up in a grim cell at Staines Police Station.
He was driven home in a BMW limousine yesterday after being put on police bail pending further inquiries.
He has not yet been charged with any offences.
A police source said: "Ekaterina was very distressed and had cuts on her knees from where it seems she'd been dragged along the street.
"But she was insistent she didn't want police involved or to press charges.
"Despite her refusal, witnesses allege this was a potentially serious assault and he may face charges in any case once the evidence is assessed.
"We're looking at allegations that at one point he had her by the scruff of the neck and her collar was so tight she seemed to be choking."
Witnesses said the bust-up came after the pair met at their favourite Indian restaurant.
One local said: "There was an awful racket."
It is the second time in recent months police have been called to an argument between dad-of-four Wood and Ekaterina - at the centre of his break-up from wife Jo in July of last year.
Sunbathing beauty ... but 'distressed' Ekaterina is said to have suffered cuts during street bust-up with rock idol
In September, the star was thought to have dumped the young beauty after a furious row outside a £5million North London mansion.
It was said she threatened to commit suicide during that row over his plans to have dinner with estranged Jo, who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing.
Wood and Ekaterina kissed and made up days later and had seemed happy in their new Claygate home.
But pals say the blonde has become increasingly jealous of her craggy-faced lover's continuing closeness to Jo, 54, and their family.
A spokesman for Wood confirmed his arrest, but said: "We have no further statement at this time." Police said a man was arrested in connection with a "domestic incident".
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