What’s happening with this Jane’s Addiction-Perry Farrell lawsuit? A lot, actually.
It was a year ago this weekend–September 13, 2024–that Jane’s Addiction broke up onstage in Boston. Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro got into it during the show and continued going at each other backstage. The band quickly announced a breakup. The tour was canceled. Perry apologized (sort of). And that was that for Jane’s–again.
But it’s NOT over.
In July, Navarro and bandmates Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery, sued Perry for US$10 million, citing assault, emotional distress, negligence, breach of contract, and more. Perry countersued, claiming assault, bullying and harassment, and breach of contract.
There’s now a new legal response from Farrell. He “denies each and every allegation in the complaint” among the 35 defenses against accusations against him.
“[Dave Navarro has not] “been damaged in any way or in any amount whatsoever” and that he “fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against” him, has “failed to exercise reasonable care and diligence to mitigate [the] alleged claims and damages.”
Navarro, says Perry, has “unclean hands.” That, by the way, is a legal term which is an American “defense to a complaint, which states that a party who is asking for a judgment cannot have the help of the court if he/she has done anything unethical in relation to the subject of the lawsuit.”
What do the rest of the guys in Jane’s say? “Our lawsuit speaks for itself. So does the video. By responding in this way, Mr. Farrell is not taking any formal legal step to stop the litigation. This is consistent with the fact that they have taken no affirmative steps to advance their claims, whether serving discovery or otherwise, and it is consistent with the strength of the claims by Dave, Eric, and Stephen.”
