![]() That time of my life was so much fun," she claimed. "You need to understand that I didn't think of myself as underage. She was still just a teenager, but claims she never viewed her sexual encounters with famous men much older than her as problematic. 'I grew up and got over it'Īfter Page, Mattix started focusing on her modelling work and continued seeing rock stars like Mick Jagger – who was with Bianca Jagger at the time. It was the end of their relationship, but even in 2015 Mattix maintained that she never felt "exploited" by Page. When she went back to Page's hotel suite, she discovered him in bed with Buell and says she never trusted him again after that betrayal. The teen stayed loyal to the rock star through his US and international tours, but later made the "biggest mistake" of introducing him to fellow groupie Bebe Buell. Sylvain Sylvain and Johnny Thunders of American rock band New York Dolls with Sable Starr (wearing red), and Lori Mattix (in green) backstage at a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, circa 1975. Mattix believes he was telling the truth. ![]() She said Page may have felt "better" if their relationship was approved by her mother, and claimed Page told them both he was in love with the 15-year-old. "Looking back, he had to be afraid of getting sued for being with such a young girl," Mattix claimed. ![]() Mattix, who was 15 by that time, said she entered into a sexual relationship with Page, but was still underage and therefore couldn't travel with the band when it began touring.Īccording to her, Page was serious about the relationship and even asked her mother for "permission" to be with her. He was 14 years her senior, but Mattix was mesmerised and said she fell in love with the rock star instantly. Later that night, she claims the band's manager ushered her to a limo – "I felt like I was being kidnapped" – and delivered her to Page's hotel room. Guitarist Jimmy Page of the rock band 'Led Zeppelin' at Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco with groupie Lori Mattix in 1972. Weeks later, she and Starr were invited to meet the band at their luxe hotel and Page approached her and said, "I told you I would be with you", referring to the call. Not long after her first sexual encounter with Bowie, Mattix claims she had a phone call from Led Zepplin guitarist Jimmy Page, but thought it was a prank call. She added: "Who wouldn't want to lose their virginity to David Bowie?" The phone call from Jimmy Page When asked about the ethics of Bowie, a pop star in his 20s, sleeping with her and Starr while they were underage, Mattix said she the way it happened was "beautiful". Hours later, he invited Starr to the bedroom as well, she said, and Mattix claims she saw him again "many times" over then next 10 years. In Bowie's enormous hotel suite, the girls got stoned and when Bowie asked Mattix to come to the bedroom, and the pair reportedly had sex. (David Bowie after his dreadful '60s phase.) David Bowie was an international star when he allegedly met Mattix in the '70s. She brought Starr, who was "dating Iggy Pop" at the time but was "dying to f-k Bowie". Nothing happened that night, but less than a year later Bowie – who was 11 years older than Mattix - was back in town and allegedly invited Mattix to dinner. "I had probably kissed boys by that point, but I wasn't ready for David Bowie." I was still a virgin and terrified," Mattix claimed. "I had not yet turned 15 and he wanted to take me to his hotel room. Regulars at glamorous Hollywood nightclubs, it wasn't long before Mattix and Starr were introduced to David Bowie at the iconic E Club. New to the scene, Mattix was dubbed a "baby groupie" – not necessarily for her age, but because she had no prior experience in the scene.īut she had Starr, who was widely known as the "Queen of the Groupie Scene", and the pair would soon be icons. It was at these bars the teen would meet the likes of David Bowie and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, both of whom she claims to have had sexual relationships with. Sable Starr, Dave Hill (guitarist in the rock and roll band Slade) Lori Mattix - then 14 - pose in June 1973 in Los Angeles, California. Infatuated with the glamorous lifestyle Starr appeared to lead, Mattix began sneaking out of her California home on weekend nights to frequent clubs with Starr and another friend. She was so glamorous, totally one-of-a-kind, wearing scarves for shirts and going topless without hesitation," she recalled.
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