Despite assertions by his manager that Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page would be fully exonerated of the previously reported drugs charges brought against him, it's been revealed, due to court documents filed in New York State that the singer admitted that he had been snorting cocaine prior to his arrest in the early hours of Friday morning.
One of the two women also arrested, Stephanie Ford, also confirmed that Page had used a rolled Canadian note to inhale the drug, which had been stored in capsules in a calcium supplement bottle. Page apparently admitted that the bottle contained cocaine, not calcium, when quizzed on the issue by the arresting officers. Police say Page had more than a quarter ounce of the drug with him and later charged him with criminal possession of a controlled substance, of course. He will appear in court next month.