Perry Farrell has filed a authorized response to the lawsuit introduced in opposition to him by his former Jane’s Habit bandmates, itemizing 35 defenses to the accusations introduced in opposition to him, together with claiming that guitarist Dave Navarro has “unclean fingers.”
As beforehand reported, Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins sued Farrell again in July relating to the breakup of the band final yr, particularly the notorious incident through which Farrell appeared to bodily assault Navarro onstage. The three musicians are searching for a minimal in $10 million in damages from Farrell for assault and battery, emotional misery, negligence, and breach of contract, amongst different allegations.
Farrell shortly sued his ex-bandmates in response, citing assault and battery, bullying and harassment, and breach of contract, amongst different allegations.
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In his newly filed authorized response to Navarro and firm’s lawsuit, as obtained by Individuals, Farrell “denies every allegation within the grievance” and affirms that Navarro has not “been broken in any means or in any quantity in anyway.” The singer additionally states that Navarro “fails to state info enough to represent a reason for motion in opposition to” him, has “didn’t train cheap care and diligence to mitigate [the] alleged claims and damages,” and has “unclean fingers.”
Earlier than you assume that “unclean fingers” has something to do with Navarro’s hygiene, it’s really a time period which means “a authorized doctrine which is a protection to a grievance, which states {that a} occasion who’s asking for a judgment can not have the assistance of the court docket if he/she has achieved something unethical in relation to the topic of the lawsuit,” per Regulation.com.
Christopher Frost, a lawyer for Navarro, responded to Individuals about Farrell’s newest submitting, stating, “Our lawsuit speaks for itself. So does the video. By responding on this means, Mr. Farrell will not be taking any formal authorized step to cease the litigation. That is in line with the truth that they’ve taken no affirmative steps to advance their claims, whether or not serving discovery or in any other case, and it’s in line with the energy of the claims by Dave, Eric, and Stephen.”
Current social media posts counsel that Navarro, Avery, and Perkins are making new music collectively, minus Farrell, as seen within the Instagram picture beneath.
Farrell, in the meantime, was simply introduced as one of many performers of an upcoming live performance in Los Angeles celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of legendary band The Doorways.
