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Jan. 21, 2020

Messages about caper involving Cobain’s guitar must be revealed

The estranged business manager of Courtney Love must provide access to text messages a plaintiff says will prove their involvement in an alleged heist-turned-kidnapping to recover the guitar of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Messages about caper involving Cobain’s guitar must be revealed
Courtney Love at the W magazine party at the International Center of Photography in the Bowery during New York Fashion Week, Sept. 2016. (New York Times News Service)

The estranged business manager of Courtney Love must provide access to text messages a plaintiff says will prove their involvement in an alleged heist-turned-kidnapping to recover the guitar of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Randolph Hammock additionally ordered defendant Sam Lutfi to pay $2,060 in sanctions, according to a notic...

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