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Yeah, I only look at Courtney Love’s Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/courtneyloveuk ) when she gets sued over her tweets (as happened a few months ago when she allegedly defamed fashion maven Dawn Simorangkir).
This time, she caught my attention by ticking off a local law firm, Gordon & Holmes. Love’s tweet mentioned lawyer Rhonda Holmes, who previously represented Love.
The tweet is only excerpted in the lawsuit filing: "I was f*ing devastated (sic) when Rhonda J Holmes Esq of San Diego was bought off…"
Holmes’ law firm filed suit against Love on Thursday, May 26, alleging libel, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional interference with a prospective economic advantage.
Holmes represented Love in a "fraud litigation" case described in the current lawsuit as "represent[ing] her in the pursuit of money and property allegedly stolen from her late husband's estate."
During this period (2008 to 2009), according to the lawsuit, Holmes asked Love to "remain clean and sober" and refrain from "any and all substance abuse" during their attorney-client relationship.
"Plaintiffs' representation of Love was conditioned up Love refraining from any and all substance abuse for at least the duration of plaintiffs' and Love's attorney-client relationship. There was never any indication Love honored this condition. On information and belief, the imposition of this condition (the requirement Love remain clean and sober throughout the course of Love's and plaintiffs' attorney-client relationship) caused Love to become angry with plaintiffs."
Love then fired the firm, only to contact them a few months later to ask for their legal assistance once again.
Holmes says she declined to renew her association with Love, mainly due (according to the current lawsuit) "to the lack of any indication Love would honor the condition to refrain from substance abuse."
After which Love’s tweet, as well as statements Love made in an online interview, are alleged in the lawsuit to have damaged Holmes’ professional reputation.
Love’s other alleged defamation against Holmes is said to have occurred in an interview with the New York Post that appeared on their website in July 2010. In that interview, Love said "I've been hiring and firing lawyers to help me," mentioning a female attorney who doesn’t take her calls because "they got to her."
Love’s public comments, according to the lawsuit, constitute "malicious, false, and libelous statements about Holmes, using her [Love's] fame and influence to reach millions of people in attempt to cause irreparable damage to plaintiffs' business, name, and reputation."
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of both the law firm and Holmes. Plaintiffs are seeking unspecified punitive damages.
Now allow me to state for the record my own personal bias here. First of all, Courtney Love once got me fired from a great cartooning gig by none other than Larry Flynt…
Flynt’s 1990s rock mag Rip is where I first launched my comic strip Rock Tales, before it ended up at Spin Magazine (where it still runs on the inside back cover of every issue).
After around a year of doing the two-page Rock Tales strips, I turned one in mocking Courtney Love called "12 Steps to Stardom" - little did I know that Rip publisher Larry Flynt had just arranged for Love to play his wife in the movie The People VS Larry Flynt.
Flynt took one look at my Love strip and fired me on the spot (it finally saw print years later in a short-lived San Diego mag called Real Deal) – here ‘tis:
Published between 1986 and 1996, RIP magazine was heralded as the finest hard rock/heavy metal publication of its day. RIP's coverage of the bands that ruled, tooled and fueled the decade of decadence earned it the nickname "Bible of the Bang" and was hailed by fans and artists alike. Rip continued for several years before finally falling victim to the same low circulation killing most newsstand mags.
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Yeah, I only look at Courtney Love’s Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/courtneyloveuk ) when she gets sued over her tweets (as happened a few months ago when she allegedly defamed fashion maven Dawn Simorangkir).
This time, she caught my attention by ticking off a local law firm, Gordon & Holmes. Love’s tweet mentioned lawyer Rhonda Holmes, who previously represented Love.
The tweet is only excerpted in the lawsuit filing: "I was f*ing devastated (sic) when Rhonda J Holmes Esq of San Diego was bought off…"
Holmes’ law firm filed suit against Love on Thursday, May 26, alleging libel, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional interference with a prospective economic advantage.
Holmes represented Love in a "fraud litigation" case described in the current lawsuit as "represent[ing] her in the pursuit of money and property allegedly stolen from her late husband's estate."
During this period (2008 to 2009), according to the lawsuit, Holmes asked Love to "remain clean and sober" and refrain from "any and all substance abuse" during their attorney-client relationship.
"Plaintiffs' representation of Love was conditioned up Love refraining from any and all substance abuse for at least the duration of plaintiffs' and Love's attorney-client relationship. There was never any indication Love honored this condition. On information and belief, the imposition of this condition (the requirement Love remain clean and sober throughout the course of Love's and plaintiffs' attorney-client relationship) caused Love to become angry with plaintiffs."
Love then fired the firm, only to contact them a few months later to ask for their legal assistance once again.
Holmes says she declined to renew her association with Love, mainly due (according to the current lawsuit) "to the lack of any indication Love would honor the condition to refrain from substance abuse."
After which Love’s tweet, as well as statements Love made in an online interview, are alleged in the lawsuit to have damaged Holmes’ professional reputation.
Love’s other alleged defamation against Holmes is said to have occurred in an interview with the New York Post that appeared on their website in July 2010. In that interview, Love said "I've been hiring and firing lawyers to help me," mentioning a female attorney who doesn’t take her calls because "they got to her."
Love’s public comments, according to the lawsuit, constitute "malicious, false, and libelous statements about Holmes, using her [Love's] fame and influence to reach millions of people in attempt to cause irreparable damage to plaintiffs' business, name, and reputation."
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of both the law firm and Holmes. Plaintiffs are seeking unspecified punitive damages.
Now allow me to state for the record my own personal bias here. First of all, Courtney Love once got me fired from a great cartooning gig by none other than Larry Flynt…
Flynt’s 1990s rock mag Rip is where I first launched my comic strip Rock Tales, before it ended up at Spin Magazine (where it still runs on the inside back cover of every issue).
After around a year of doing the two-page Rock Tales strips, I turned one in mocking Courtney Love called "12 Steps to Stardom" - little did I know that Rip publisher Larry Flynt had just arranged for Love to play his wife in the movie The People VS Larry Flynt.
Flynt took one look at my Love strip and fired me on the spot (it finally saw print years later in a short-lived San Diego mag called Real Deal) – here ‘tis:
Published between 1986 and 1996, RIP magazine was heralded as the finest hard rock/heavy metal publication of its day. RIP's coverage of the bands that ruled, tooled and fueled the decade of decadence earned it the nickname "Bible of the Bang" and was hailed by fans and artists alike. Rip continued for several years before finally falling victim to the same low circulation killing most newsstand mags.
RELATED ARTICLES ON THE READER WEBSITE:
Rockin’ Lawsuits: Local Music Venues in Court
Lawyers, Songs & Money: Local Bands in Court
Pain And Suffering: Locals Suing Over Concert Events
Worst In Rock: Celebs In SD Find Legal Trouble In Paradise
Battle of the Bouncers: Local Firms Fight for the Right to Bounce You
Which One's Pink? The One Suing Local Pink Floyd Tribute Bands