Singer Rita Ora to pay RM55,000 fine for birthday party during lockdown


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Rita Ora said on Instagram that she had held 'a small gathering with some friends to celebrate my 30th birthday'. Photo: AFP

British singer Rita Ora apologised Monday (Nov 30) for breaking lockdown rules by holding a birthday party, saying it was "a serious and inexcusable error of judgment.”

The Sun newspaper ran photos of Ora and others, including models Cara and Poppy Delevingne, arriving at the Casa Cruz restaurant in London’s Notting Hill area on Saturday (Nov 28).

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