The moment Mick heard L'Wren was dead: Jagger's face is etched with grief after hearing 'embarrassed and millions in debt' fashion designer lover had killed herself
- Pictures emerge showing Rolling Stones frontman leaving restaurant in Perth, Australia, just after learning of Scott's tragic death
- Jagger, 70, appears pale and shaken in the photos which were taken around 11pm local time
- Rolling Stones are in Australia for first time in eight years and Jagger had posted photo of himself on beach just hours before he heard news
- Much anticipated tour is likely to be cancelled on account of Scott's death, which has left her lover 'completely shocked and devastated'
- Jagger also confirmed the two, who began dating in 2001, were still very much an item when she took her own life
- Fashion designer, 49, was found dead at around 10am Monday in her Manhattan apartment after hanging herself
- It was later revealed she was 'embarrassed' about her failing business and owed more than $6million to creditors
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His face etched with grief, the Rolling Stones frontman looked utterly shocked Monday night as he left Coco's restaurant in Perth, Western Australia, where the band is scheduled to begin its first tour Down Under in eight years on Wednesday.
The tragic photos come after MailOnline revealed the 49-year-old fashion designer was $6million in debt to her creditors when she died and was distraught and 'embarrassed' over her failing business.
In shock: Mick Jagger is seen leaving Coco's
Restaurant in Perth, Western Australia, just moments after hearing the
news of girlfriend L'Wren Scott's death
Heartbreaking: The singer's face was etched with
grief as he left the restaurant and got into a waiting car Monday night
in Perth, where the band is scheduled to begin a tour
Earlier Monday, a beaming Jagger, 70, had tweeted a photo of himself enjoying the beach in the coastal city with the caption: 'Great to be back in Australia! Looking forward to the first show in Perth.'
And the Stones had posed in front of their private jet looking thrilled to be back Down Under.
But the excitement was short-lived.
The tragic news was broken to Jagger at the upscale restaurant where he had turned up in a chauffeur-driven black limousine accompanied by another man in his thirties.
Less than an hour later, shortly before 11p.m., another vehicle arrived and a woman rushed inside.
A pale and shaken Jagger emerged almost immediately and was driven away.
Scott's body was discovered in her Manhattan apartment around 10a.m. Monday, which is 10p.m. Monday in Perth.
Soon after leaving the restaurant, Jagger said through a spokesperson that he was 'completely shocked and devastated' after hearing the news and the rep replied 'of course' when asked if the pair were still in a relationship when she took her life.
One report in the New York Post claimed the couple had called it quits, which Jagger's rep slammed as '100% untrue.'
Devastated: Jagger said he was 'devastated' and in shock after hearing the news about Scott, whom he'd dated since 2001
Too much: Jagger's model daughter Georgia May
Jagger, pictured in red in June 2013 with Scott and her sister Jade
Jagger, is also in Australia and was set to walk the runway for Aussie
designer Camilla Franks in the country's upcoming fashion week in
Melbourne but has pulled out upon hearing the news
'There is absolutely no basis in fact to this story. It is a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this very tragic time for Mick,' the spokesperson told JustJared.com in a statement.
It's expected the band will cancel the tour on account of the fashion designer's death.
His model daughter Georgia May Jagger is also in Australia and was set to walk the runway for Aussie designer Camilla Franks in the country's upcoming fashion week in Melbourne but has pulled out upon hearing the news.
The 22-year-old beauty, whose mother is Jerry Hall, was very close with Scott and regular sported her designs and sat front row at her shows.
Scott was found by her assistant early Monday after hanging herself at home. There was no immediate suspicion of foul play though the Medical Examiner has not yet released the formal report.
Police said she had left no note - but she had sent a text to her assistant to 'come by.'
It has since been revealed that the former model was in serious debt and was distraught and 'embarrassed' over her failing business.
A New York City Police Department said Monday: 'A 49-year-old female was found this morning at 10.05am at 200 11th Avenue. She was unconscious.
Mick Jagger seen enjoying the beach in Australia hours before the tragic news of his girlfriend L'Wren Scott's death
Happy to be back: The Rolling Stones' Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts, arrived in Perth,
Australia, early on Monday morning and looked thrilled to be back in
the country - but they have now cancelled their six-show tour following
the death of Jagger's girlfriend
The coroner left the building with her body at 2.45p.m. and police were also seen taking her computer out of the building, likely for further investigation.
Family spokesman Pierre Rugier confirmed the 'tragic death' without giving any further details about her motivations.
'At this devastating time for Ms Scott's family and friends we request that their privacy be respected,' he said in a statement.
The New York Post reports that close friends- including actress Ellen Barkin- went to spend time with her body in her apartment before the medical examiner took it away for examination in the early afternoon.
One said that she had been avoiding their calls and acting strangely of late.
'They've known that something was going on, and it’s been going on for at least a week,' a friend told the paper.
Her suicide comes after the striking stylist was forced to cancel her London Fashion Week show at the last minute in January, which she blamed on fabrics that arrived too late for samples to be sewn in time for the event.
Grim discovery: The designer was reportedly found hanged inside her eight floor apartment in Manhattan by her assistant
Investigation: Police say that there are no
suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of L'Wren Scott, who was
found hanged in her apartment
For examination: Police do not suspect foul play
but the official cause of death will come after the medical examiner
issues their report
Looking for clues: A detective brings part of
Scott's computer from her apartment, undoubtedly as part of the
investigation into what caused her to take her own life
MailOnline revealed earlier Monday that the 6ft 3ins tall brunette - who had always refused financial help from Mick Jagger - was hemorrhaging cash and owed nearly $6million to creditors.
The latest accounts for her business, filed in the UK in October 2013, show that the company, LS Fashion LTD, had a deficit of $5,899,548 (4,237,164 Euros), with the designer owing creditors $7.641 million (euros 5,488,125)
However, in recent years, her company's debts had doubled year-on-year - a downward spiral that showed no sign of stopping. In 2009, the debt stood at $2,120,015.67, and by 2010 it had grown to $3,063,160.87
The issues surrounding her company, which was incorporated in July 2006, are the real reason she called off her show, a source said, as she could not even afford to put on the fashion show.
Records show that Scott's apartment was bought for $5.6million in 2010 by a holding company called Scottland Management. A 2012 mortgage for $1.25million was paid off last year.
In October last year, it appeared as though L'Wren was trying to stem the financial chaos after she appointed her adopted brother, Randall Ivan Bambrough – who still lives in her home state of Utah - as a director to her company.
Decline: At the same time as Scott pulled out of
London Fashion Week, she went quiet on the internet, no longer posting
pictures on the photo-sharing website Instagram
Close: Mick and L'Wren pictured at the annual
Serpentine Gallery Summer Party co-hosted by the designer at The
Serpentine Gallery in 2013 (left) and at an event with Jagger in 2010
Jagger and The Rolling Stones landed in Perth early Monday local time for the much anticipated Australian tour.
The band posted a photo of themselves standing on the tarmac in front of their private jet, which is emblazoned with the band's trademark tongue logo.
Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts looked excited to be back Down Under - albeit a little tired after a long journey - as they stepped off the plane.
And Jagger clearly couldn't wait to hit the beach, tweeting the photo of himself on the sand to his Twitter followers. Jagger and the Mormon-raised designer had been dating since 2001.
She first broke into the fashion industry as a stylist before launching an eponymous line in 2006 that was a major hit with celebrities.
Fans including Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Obama. She had even been tipped to design Angelina Jolie's wedding dress.
The Stones are in the country for their 14 On Fire six-show stadium tour of Australia, which they announced on December 4 last year.
