Jane’s Addiction members and vocalist Perry Farrell sue each other

Three members of Jane’s dependence continue singer Perry Farrell – and he continued his former group comrades a few hours later in a separate trial.

After an altercation on stage in September 2024 which led to the rupture of the group, the guitarist Dave Navarro, the bass player Eric Avery and the drummer Stephen Perkins filed a complaint against the singer of the Superior Court of Los Angeles on Wednesday.

In the group’s complaint, which was examined by Weekly entertainmentNavarro accused Farrell of assault and drums, while the three musicians allegedly alleged an intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, violation of the fiduciary obligation, breach of contract, compensation and contribution. Group comrades are looking for at least $ 10 million in damages.

Farrell lawyers responded to allegations of the prosecution in a declaration to EW.

“This is another clear example from the group to isolate and intimidate Perry Farrell,” said singer’s lawyers. “The moment of this baseless trial is not a coincidence – it was only deposited after having had a legal action wind coming on our side. It is a transparent attempt to control the story and to present itself as the so -called` good guys ” – a decision that is both typical and predictable. ”

Meanwhile, Navarro’s lawyer, Christopher Frost, shared his own declaration.

“Dave, Eric and Stephen never wanted this to happen to this. But they were injured, want the story to tell, and they deserve a resolution,” said Frost. “In the end, with the attack by Dave Navarro seen in the world, Perry Farrell suddenly and unilaterally put in the end all the plans for the renewal of the dependence of a Jane. He also left his group comrades holding the bag for a tour and an unsatisfied registration agreement, as explained by our detail.”

In a separate trial, Farrell accused Navarro and Avery of Aggression and Battery, and his three ex-co-teams of intentional infliction of emotional distress, infliction by negligence of emotional distress and breaking of contract / statutes. The pursuit was deposited alongside the singer’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, and Wilton Hilton, the group tour company, as a complainants. The singer’s complaint maintains that Navarro and Avery prompted Boston’s altercation.

Farrell’s complaint allegedly alleged that group members “were sometimes antagonistic towards each other”, accusing them of “a harassment and intimidation campaign of Farrell to try to undermine it during his performances on stage”. The complaint said that Navarro and Avery “illegally degenerated the altercation into real physical violence” in Boston, and that the three musicians canceled the singer by expressing the branch on the tour.

Frost answered Farrell’s complaint in a separate declaration: “If there is a question on what to believe, you can believe the video that we have all watched. The PERRY today’s complaint, including his account of the events behind the scenes after the program of September 13, is the revisionist story. This will not remain.”

The group made the headlines last year when Farrell seemed to punch in Navarro during a performance in Boston, which fans captured on video. The meeting brought Avery and the crew members to intervene to create a distance between the singer and the guitarist, and put an end without ceremony at the show.

“This weekend was incredibly difficult and after having time and space to think, it is just that I apologize to my group comrades, in particular Dave Navarro, fans, family and friends for my actions during the program on Friday,” Farrell wrote on social networks after the incident. “Unfortunately, my point of rupture resulted in inexcusable behavior and I am entirely responsible for the way in which I chose to manage the situation.”

The altercation led Jane’s dependence to dissolve once again, canceling the rest of their American tour.

“Due to a continuous behavior model and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell, we came to the conclusion that we have no choice but to stop the current American tour,” the other members of the group said in a press release. “Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as ours left us no alternative. We hope he will find the help he needs.”

In their complaint, the group accused Perry of having launched “a wild punch” in Navarro, and that the musicians were “rightly afraid and uncomfortable to occur” alongside Farrell after the altercation.

“It was also clear that Perry was in no way to continue the tour on which he had struggled to occur,” said the trial.

In his own complaint, Farrell said that the other members of the group have often increased the volume levels of their instruments so that he cannot hear his voice as “a means of intimidation”. This would lead to the singer to increase his volume of intra-ear monitor, leading to an “advanced hearing loss”. Farrell said Navarro intentionally increased the volume of his guitar to worsen the singer in Boston.

However, the trio trial rejected this explanation of Farrell’s frustration, claiming that the singer “refused to attend all rehearsals” and that he had never asked the crew or his group comrades to adjust the volume levels on stage. Their complaint noted that “there would be no advantage” to ensure that Perry “is bad” on stage when they were a reunion tour.

In the account of the altercation of Boston, he simply “reacted” to the excessive volume of Navarro by “checking” the guitarist, how Navarro and Avery responded with “an inappropriate violent escalation”. The complaint also said that Navarro had “threatened threatening and aggressively assaulted” Farrell and his wife behind the scenes after the initial fight.

The singer’s complaint later said that the group’s group’s declaration was “defamped” because of his insistence that his supposed “mental health difficulties” made it “in a way a danger for himself and for them”.

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The complaint of other members also alleged that the incident had disrupted Jane’s dependence plans for a new album, for which they had already released two songs with Farrell and recorded eight others without him. Given that the group claims that they are unable to fulfill their contractual obligations to deliver a new album to the Warner Ada music subsidiary, they say they must reimburse their label advance.

Consequently, the trio of musicians requires damage, citing the loss of profits that would have come from album sales and canceled emissions, as well as “expenses incurred in relation to the tour” and “a reduced value of the group’s intellectual property”.

In his costume, Farrell requests an unknown number of damage, citing “physical injuries due to assaults and battery, severe emotional distress and mental suffering”, as well as “legal, financial and significant reputation damage” for the group of the group.

Update: This article has been published to include information on Farrell’s legal action and Frost’s response to Farrell’s complaint.