COURTNEY LOVE - COURTNEY LOVE FACING LIBEL LAWSUIT OVER BLOG REMARKS

COURTNEY LOVE FACING LIBEL LAWSUIT OVER BLOG REMARKS

Singer Courtney Love is being sued for libel over allegedly offensive remarks posted online regarding a fashion designer.

In a suit filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dawn Simonrangkir claims Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain, has waged an "obsessive and delusional crusade" against her on online blog website Twitter, social networking site MySpace and auction site Etsy.

Love, lead singer of Hole, is said to have approached the Texas-based designer to create clothing and apparel for her last year but later refused to pay for the work.

Ms Simorangkir also claims that updates posted by Love on Twitter accuse her of being a "nasty, lying, hosebag thief"; having "a history of dealing cocaine"; having "lost all custody of her child"; and, being guilty of "assault and burglary".

In one update, the singer allegedly added that the designer would be "hunted til your [sic] dead".

Love, 44, is then said to have written Etsy, where Ms Simorangkir sells her clothes: "The nastiest lying worst person I have ever known ... evil incarnate, vile horrible lying bitch."

Ms Simorangkir's lawsuit accuses Love of libel, invasion of privacy, intentional interference with her business, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract, the Reuters news agency reports.

Court papers stating her claim are quoted as saying: "Whether caused by drug-induced psychosis, a warped understanding of reality, or the belief that money and fame allow her to disregard the law, Love has embarked on what is nothing short of an obsessive and delusional crusade to destroy Simorangkir's reputation and her livelihood."

Love's representatives have not commented.