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Article: Kate Moss loses court bid to prevent allegations of cocaine use being used in libel trial
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- February 3, 2006
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AP Worldstream
02-03-2006
Dateline: LONDON
British supermodel Kate Moss failed in a legal challenge Friday to prevent damaging allegations about her recent cocaine use from being used in a upcoming libel case over claims she once snorted so much of the drug she fell into a coma.
The 32-year-old launched her bid for damages after British broadcaster Channel 5 aired the allegation on a show called "The Truth About Kate Moss," which aired last year.
The case _ likely to be heard between October and December this year _ centers around a claim that the model shared lines of cocaine during a 2001 charity event in Barcelona, Spain, and later fell into a coma in her hotel room.
At a pretrial hearing ...