News of the World has offered Kate Moss a public apology and an undisclosed dollar amount in damages after printing a bogus scoop claiming the supermodel celebrated her thirty-fourth birthday last week with a liquor-fueled orgy.

We would like to apologize to Kate Moss and to her family and friends for any offence or distress caused by our article last week relating to alleged events at her 34th birthday party at the Dorchester Hotel. The News of the World was offered detailed information from a normally reliable source which we now accept was untrue. We regret publication of that material in the RAV column and have agreed to pay Kate a sum in damages.