Courtney Love Uses Bono as Character Reference for New Condo

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Courtney Love has moved into a new condo in the Nolita section of Manhattan after being evicted from a West Village townhouse for altering the apartment's decor.

According to Love, she did not require a credit check in securing the new place, but her landlords did ask for a character reference. She gave them several, but they chose a testimonial penned by U2 frontman Bono. "He wrote me a paragraph," she told the New York Daily News.

Though Love has tweeted that she "likes this pad better," she has had a noise complaint since moving to Nolita. Shortly after moving in, the singer was playing back some recordings in the early morning when a pregnant neighbor complained about the loud music. "I’ve never gotten a noise complaint. It sounds really lame, being a rock star and all," Love told the Daily News, adding that "it’s all good now. I didn’t know! I don’t do noise complaints."

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Courtney Love Uses Bono as Character Reference for New Condo

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Courtney Love has moved into a new condo in the Nolita section of Manhattan after being evicted from a West Village townhouse for altering the apartment's decor.

According to Love, she did not require a credit check in securing the new place, but her landlords did ask for a character reference. She gave them several, but they chose a testimonial penned by U2 frontman Bono. "He wrote me a paragraph," she told the New York Daily News.

Though Love has tweeted that she "likes this pad better," she has had a noise complaint since moving to Nolita. Shortly after moving in, the singer was playing back some recordings in the early morning when a pregnant neighbor complained about the loud music. "I’ve never gotten a noise complaint. It sounds really lame, being a rock star and all," Love told the Daily News, adding that "it’s all good now. I didn’t know! I don’t do noise complaints."

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Frances Bean Cobain Claims Courtney Love Killed Her Pets

Frances Bean Cobain and Courtney Love

Courtney Love caused the deaths of two of her daughter's pets, according to newly published details from Frances Bean's deposition in a restraining order she sought against her mother in 2009.

According to the deposition, a cat died after it became entangled in piles of fabric, papers and trash, and one of Frances Bean's dogs died after ingesting some of Love's prescription medication.

The details were made public by The Fix, an addiction and recovery resource that kept a running conversation for nearly a year with Love, which has been compiled in a new e-book called Courtney Comes Clean.     

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Courtney Love Wins Eviction Challenge

Courtney Love attends the 'Friends With Benefits' New York premiere after party at the Standard.

Courtney Love will not be evicted from her West Village townhouse after all. Following oral arguments in New York City Housing Court last Friday, Judge Jean T. Schneider issued her decision Tuesday dismissing a petition filed against Love in November by her landlord Donna Lyon, seeking money for rent and an eviction.

Initially, Love's lease agreement required her to pay, in addition to a security deposit, her first six month's rent up front, after which she was to pay for the next six months. Before the end of the first six month term, however, Love's lease was modified so that she would pay her rent – $27,000 a month – on a monthly basis.  

In accordance with the modified lease agreement, Love paid her monthly rent for both last September and October, and the money was accepted by her landlord. But then her landlord tried to return to the initial terms of the lease, saying Love still owed rent.

According to Judge Schneider, because Love paid monthly and Lyon accepted the payments, the rent payment modification was a binding agreement. Because the petition filed against Love asked for money she would not have yet had to pay under the lease's most recent terms, money Judge Schneider called "rent not yet due," the proceeding was dismissed.

"We're pleased about this," Love's attorney, Eric Sherman, tells Rolling Stone. "The court agreed with our position. Courtney's position was to dismiss the landlord's case and the court properly determined that it was wrongly filed in the first place – not only did Courtney pay rent on time, but there were a number of instances where she paid it before the due date. This was a baseless claim." 

Attorney Norman Flitt, who represents Lyon, would not comment on the rent case. Instead, he focused on a Love allegedly altering the apartment. "The alteration dispute was not part of the rent case and remains unresolved," he says – though he adds that dispute is not yet filed in court.

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Courtney Love Wins Eviction Challenge

Courtney Love attends the 'Friends With Benefits' New York premiere after party at the Standard.

Courtney Love will not be evicted from her West Village townhouse after all. Following oral arguments in New York City Housing Court last Friday, Judge Jean T. Schneider issued her decision Tuesday dismissing a petition filed against Love in November by her landlord Donna Lyon, seeking money for rent and an eviction.

Initially, Love's lease agreement required her to pay, in addition to a security deposit, her first six month's rent up front, after which she was to pay for the next six months. Before the end of the first six month term, however, Love's lease was modified so that she would pay her rent – $27,000 a month – on a monthly basis.  

In accordance with the modified lease agreement, Love paid her monthly rent for both last September and October, and the money was accepted by her landlord. But then her landlord tried to return to the initial terms of the lease, saying Love still owed rent.

According to Judge Schneider, because Love paid monthly and Lyon accepted the payments, the rent payment modification was a binding agreement. Because the petition filed against Love asked for money she would not have yet had to pay under the lease's most recent terms, money Judge Schneider called "rent not yet due," the proceeding was dismissed.

"We're pleased about this," Love's attorney, Eric Sherman, tells Rolling Stone. "The court agreed with our position. Courtney's position was to dismiss the landlord's case and the court properly determined that it was wrongly filed in the first place – not only did Courtney pay rent on time, but there were a number of instances where she paid it before the due date. This was a baseless claim." 

Attorney Norman Flitt, who represents Lyon, would not comment on the rent case. Instead, he focused on a Love allegedly altering the apartment. "The alteration dispute was not part of the rent case and remains unresolved," he says – though he adds that dispute is not yet filed in court.

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