More from the pop courts, though no copyright involved this time. Courtney Love has escaped a jail sentence after a Los Angeles court judge said that the singer was already making sufficient progress in rehab to avoid prison. Rather than jailing her, the judge sentenced her to six months in the live-in rehabilitation centre where she already resides. Love entered the clinic last month after admitting to violating her probation by using drugs, and the judge, Rand Rubin said on Friday: "I'm very pleased with your progress. I think this is an excellent first step on the road to recovery."
The singer will not be allowed to leave rehab except in the case of an emergency and will be subjected to random drug tests, and her probation has been extended until March 2007. Lawyer Howard Weitzman said she "fully intends to make good on her promise to be clean and sober, and I'm hoping she'll be able to do that".
Elsewhere in Courtney-in-court news, musician Kristin King has sued the singer for undisclosed amount. As previously reported, Love hit the musician with a whisky bottle last April after finding King in her boyfriends home, and pleaded no contest to the assault charges back in February. Ms King is now seeking damages for assault, battery, and false imprisonment.