The real story behind Doherty

Turns out the Pete Doherty scan­dal — and other related sto­ries — are orches­trated by Drum­mond and Cauty of the KLF. Doherty’s real name is … Trevor McDermott.

Pete Doherty and the KLF:

The men behind the scan­dal — Bill Drum­mond and Jimmy Cauty, who were them­selves infa­mous pop­stars under the name The KLF — admit­ted how they plucked a young Buddy Holly imper­son­ator Doherty from obscu­rity and made him a media darling.

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