Courtney Love: 'New York City townhouse eviction weird as heck'

Courtney Love has described her eviction battle with the owner of her rented New York City townhouse as "weird as heck".

The Hole rocker has been asked to leave the West Village property by landlady Donna Lyon, who claims that Love not only set the property on fire but ruined the designer interior and fell behind by $54,000 (£34,760) in rent.

Writing for xojane.com, Love insisted that she has done nothing wrong and in fact had cleared the renovations prior to making changes to the property.

"I moved into this home only on the condition that I could paint it and when I leave, I'd restore it to exactly what it was... Since I darkened the door [Lyon] has been vicious to me and my staff," Love explained.

"Having a landlady tell you your Prelle, $2,000-a-yard fabric...is 'destructive' is totally weird. My taste is artful and femme, but it's excellent. I'm 47, have bought and sold 14 houses (16 if you count Washington) and love doing them nicely and tripling the price; it's just never been a question, so this whole experience is weird as heck."

Love added that she felt personally insulted by Lyon, saying: "The owner came over the other day and, after informing me that 'No-one likes you, Courtney Love, no-one', which made me cry... proceeded to knock over a photo (she's rather... large) of me with Dame Elizabeth Taylor and shatter the mirrored frame."

The court case is set for January 13, 2012.

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