It was revealed yesterday that Pete Doherty has become a father with a South African model named Lindi Hingston.
Today, Lindi showcased the six-week-old girl she asserts is the child of the scruffy rocker.
At the age of 34, the model visited a park in Cape Town, where she spent time posing with the baby, whom they have named Aisling Doherty.
Wearing a short black playsuit with cream trims at the cuffs and hems, Lindi embraced her role as a loving mother while enjoying the South African sunshine.
With temperatures hitting highs of 25C in Cape Town, her choice to stay in the shade was quite sensible.
As she slept peacefully on her mother’s lap, little Aisling was dressed in a charming little dress, completely unaware of the significant interest surrounding her recent arrival in the world.
In 2007, Ms. Hingston took legal action against the now-defunct News of the World for damages, compelling them and other newspapers that repeated the claims to issue embarrassing retractions.
‘Ms Hingston has never had physical relations with Pete Doherty and has met him only once,’ was the statement the newspapers had to publish after images surfaced of Lindi in a car with Pete and a few other women.
Moreover, the alleged encounter in 2007 was mentioned as one reason for Pete’s split with his former partner, Kate Moss.
Over the weekend, Lindi informed the South African Sunday Times that she welcomed her daughter Aisling in Cape Town on Boxing Day
last year.
The article did not disclose when she claims her relationship with Doherty began or how long it supposedly lasted.
However, it was reported that Doherty, who is 32, is aware of the birth, feels positive about it, and that the two are on ‘good terms’.
‘I wrote to him while he was in prison,’ Hingston reportedly shared with the publication, ‘He wrote back, expressing that he was over the moon.’
The paper indicated that Doherty has not yet met the baby since he is currently out on bail for cocaine possession and unable to travel to South Africa.
He has a son, Astile, from his relationship with Lisa Moorish, who also shares a child with Liam Gallagher.
‘They claimed that I slept with him that first night and that it had been ‘amazing.’ None of that was true.’
The newspaper also reports that Ms. Hingston displays a framed poster advertising one of Doherty’s concerts on her wall.
Additionally, she is said to own a framed pencil sketch by him on her mantelpiece.
When asked what motivated her to discuss their alleged relationship, she responded: ‘People started asking questions. The truth is we’re not concealing the child. We wish to be honest and factual.’
by Milo Johnson
