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Kennedy’s ex claims Quant “made me lie” in ￡2M book deal

Cole Kennedy’s disgruntled ex is backing away from the scandalous allegations he made about the pop star in his tell-all memoir.

Jasper Horner’s claims of Kennedy’s drug abuse, sexual proclivities and rock and roll lifestyle put the skids under the pop star’s career when it was released last summer. But now Horner claims he “feels used” by Felicity Quant.

“She offered me two million quid to tell my story,” he said. “She tore up all the NDAs and contracts I’d signed. I didn’t even have to write the book, just sign the deal. She arranged the ghostwriter, all I had to do was tell him my story.

“But what’s in that book is not what I said. Felicity didn’t let me see it until it was already printed and on its way to bookstores. By then it was too late. When I told her I wanted nothing to do with the claims in the book, she waved my contract in my face and told me I had no choice but to stick to ‘my’ story.”

Horner said he was speaking out now because he wanted to add his voice to the flood of stories about Quant’s business practices that have emerged since Kennedy’s WebFlix documentary was released.

“I’m genuinely sorry to Cole for the hurt all this must have caused,” he said. “I was a terrible person when we were dating. I was struggling with addiction. Like Cole, I’m clean now. I can’t put right what I did back then, but I can set the record straight about our relationship and the rubbish that was written in that book.”

Quant could not be contacted for comment.