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Nov. 12, 2019

Texts may provide evidence in attempted guitar heist, lawyer says

An alleged kidnapping victim claims hundreds of redacted texts from Courtney Love's former business manager are evidence of their involvement in a botched heist to steal back the guitar of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Texts may provide evidence in attempted guitar heist, lawyer says
COURTNEY LOVE / New York Times News Service

An alleged kidnapping victim claims hundreds of redacted texts from Courtney Love's former business manager are evidence of their involvement in a botched heist to steal back the guitar of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Musician Isiah Silva says he was given the guitar, a 1959 Remy Martin owned by Cobain prior to his 1994 death, at the time of his engagement to the daughter of Love and Cobain, Frances Bean Cobain. According to the la...

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