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The five fresh-faced Stones, sear- Toulouse, he then returned to London by their behavior that something was
ching for refuge, join friends in the for further treatment. Anita stayed. wrong. It was a tense situation for all
Kingdom. Brian Jones was the founder Brian Jones would spend his 25th involved.
and frontman of the Rolling Stones. birthday sick and alone. This expe- While high on LSD and kif, Jones
He had been to Morocco and knew the rience would fuel resentment in Jones confronted his girlfriend. She admitted
country well, fascinated by traditional towards his fellow bandmates. The to him that she had developed feelings
indigenous music. rest of the group continued on their for Richards. Jones broke down.
Mick Jagger and his girlfriend at odyssey through Spain. Richards and Anita have fallen in
the time, Marianne Faithfull, flew by love. It was a revelation that no person
plane to Tangier. Brian Jones, actress BetrAyAl By A BrOther should have to experience.
Anita Pallenberg, and Keith Richards In February, early spring, the scent Jones, gripped by mania and heavy
opted to drive from London to Marra- of orange trees diffused through the drug use, spent the rest of his time
kech. They traveled through France Valencian air. Somewhere between in Morocco high as a kite. There were
and Spain in a Bentley belonging to Valencia and Barcelona, Anita and allegations that he became violent
Richards. Keith become involved. The back seat towards Anita, to the point where she
Brian and Anita had been together of the Bentley was the first time the began to fear for her life. The rela-
since 1965. Keith and Brian had always two would be intimate together. Anita tionship between Brian and Keith
been close friends. In the days leading would make the first move, and the fractured.
up to their trip, Keith had been slee- two became in a relationship shortly Jones went in search of local musi-
ping on Brian and Anita’s sofa. after. cians to record. Richards and Pallen-
During the trip, when the group had Jones finally rejoined the band in berg escaped Morocco, abandoning
reached the Pyrenees, Jones took ill Marrakech. He became suspicious Jones without warning. The beha-
with pneumonia. Sent to a hospital in of Richards and Pallenberg, sensing vior of Jones had been too much for

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