NEW YORK: A spokesman for Mick Jagger’s girlfriend L’Wren Scott on Friday hit back at suggestions the designer’s fashion business was in financial trouble before her suicide this week. Scott’s label LS Fashion Ltd. reported losses of $5.9 million as of Dec. 31, 2012 according to accounts lodged with Britain’s Companies House in October obtained by AFP.

However a spokesman for Scott, who was found dead at her Manhattan apartment on Monday, insisted the company’s prospects were good.

“The figures quoted in the media regarding the financial status of LS Fashion Limited are not only highly misleading and inaccurate but also extremely hurtful and disrespectful to the memory of L’Wren Scott,” he said. “Ms. Scott was considering a re-structure of her global business... Her business overall was only seven years old and although some areas of the business had not yet reached their potential, other parts of her business were proving successful.”

Pointing to the business’s “encouraging” long-term prospects, the spokesman noted that Scott’s work as a fashion consultant and stylist was recognized around the world, and that her collaborations included work on a recent Banana Republic collection.