Celebrity Bitchfights
February 04, 2003
Courtney Love vs. Virgin Airlines' Flight Attendants

Foolish Courtney. 911 changed everything.

Now Flight Attendants rule the skies!

Now we have to keep them happy.

Singer Love warned after flight incident
From the BBC.


Rock star and actress Courtney Love has been released with a warning by police in London for "causing harassment, alarm and distress" on a transatlantic flight.

The 38-year-old was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday morning after allegedly being verbally abusive to cabin crew...

She told waiting reporters the "brief verbal disagreement" had been "highly exaggerated".

She said: "I cussed at a lady - my daughter always said I had a potty mouth - I cussed at a lady named Mary, she wasn't letting my friend into first class and I said, why are you being such a bitch about it."

...And asked what the previous nine hours had been like inside the police station, the singer said: "It was fine. They were wonderful in there. It was like being on Prime Suspect."


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2724499.stm

Tuesday, 4 February, 2003, 23:54 GMT
Singer Love warned after flight incident
Courntey Love leaving Heathrow police station
Love said the "disagreement" had been exaggerated
Rock star and actress Courtney Love has been released with a warning by police in London for "causing harassment, alarm and distress" on a transatlantic flight.

The 38-year-old was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday morning after allegedly being verbally abusive to cabin crew.

She told waiting reporters she had a
I cussed at a lady named Mary, she wasn't letting my friend into first class

Courtney Love
Love, widow of Nirvana star Kurt Cobain, was held on suspicion of disruptive behaviour and endangering the Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles.

After spending the day at Heathrow police station Love was allowed to leave at 2220 GMT.

She told waiting reporters the "brief verbal disagreement" had been "highly exaggerated".

She said: "I cussed at a lady - my daughter always said I had a potty mouth - I cussed at a lady named Mary, she wasn't letting my friend into first class and I said, why are you being such a bitch about it."

Asked how she felt about her treatment at the hands of the airline she said: "I have been flying British Airways for a long time and I will continue to do so. This is my second time on Virgin and my first time wasn't so great either."

And asked what the previous nine hours had been like inside the police station, the singer said: "It was fine. They were wonderful in there. It was like being on Prime Suspect."

Police called

Love, former lead singer of rock band Hole, was accused of hurling abuse at flight staff during the flight.

The crew were said to have tried to calm her down but she refused to sit in her seat and put her seatbelt on.

She was verbally abusive towards our cabin crew and disruptive

Virgin Atlantic
The captain called the airport as Flight VS08 was on its approach to Heathrow.

Staff on the ground alerted police who were waiting for her as the plane touched down.

Police went on board and spoke to her for 20 minutes before she emerged from the Virgin Upper Class cabin.

Wearing bright red lipstick and sunglasses and waving and smiling to passengers, she was ushered into a police van.

Stars banned

Love is in London for a concert at the Old Vic Theatre on Wednesday night, hosted by Sir Elton John and actor Kevin Spacey.

This is not the first time rock stars have been at the centre of allegations about bad behaviour on board planes.

In October 1998, former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown was jailed for four months for using threatening behaviour towards an airline stewardess and captain on a flight from Paris.

In the same year Cathay Pacific banned Oasis from its flights after a rowdy episode of drunkenness involving singer Liam Gallagher.

In April last year, REM guitarist Peter Buck was cleared of attacking British Airways staff on a transatlantic flight to London.

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