{"id":3739,"date":"2025-07-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/perry-farrell-janes-addiction-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:00:00","slug":"perry-farrell-janes-addiction-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/perry-farrell-janes-addiction-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Perry Farrell Hits Back With Suit Against Jane\u2019s Addiction Bandmates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2171275747.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hours after his bandmates filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/janes-addiction-members-sue-perry-farrell\/\">multi-count lawsui<\/a>t against him following Jane\u2019s Addiction\u2019s sudden dissolution last September, frontman Perry Farrell has filed his own complaint against Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins in Los Angeles County Superior Court on charges of assault and battery, intentional inflection of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the musicians sued Farrell on similar grounds and are asking for more than $10 million in damages and to repay costs stemming from a Sept. 14, 2024, onstage incident in Boston, which scotched an in-progress reunion tour and plans for a new album.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/tame-impala-new-album-currents-anniversary\/\">Tame Impala Nearing Completion Of New Album?<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/alabama-shakes-shake-rattle-and-rock-n-roll-again\/\">Alabama Shakes Shake, Rattle and Rock \u2018N Roll Again<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/nine-inch-nails-tron-ares-single\/\">Nine Inch Nails Roar Ahead With First \u2018TRON: Ares\u2019 Single<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAs a founding member and creative force behind Jane\u2019s Addiction, Perry Farrell has always prioritized the band\u2019s legacy and its supporters, which is why the events of Sept. 13, 2024, in Boston and the resulting fallout was so devastating,\u201d an attorney for Farrell and his wife Etty says. \u201cWithout warning or consultation and using Perry as a scapegoat, Dave Navarro and the other band members took it upon themselves to abruptly cancel the remaining tour dates \u2014 violating contracts and disregarding all professional obligations.\u00a0Perry was blindsided by not being allowed to vote and be heard, leaving him unable to plead his case to continue the tour for their fans. If that was not harmful enough, Dave Navarro then intentionally and publicly blamed Perry for the canceled tour dates\u00a0effectively destroying Perry\u2019s reputation and causing him irreparable harm. Despite this continued bullying perpetuated by Navarro, Perry\u2019s dedication to Jane\u2019s Addiction and the preservation of its positive impact on the music industry remains unshaken. He is actively exploring ways to address the situation and ensure accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrell claims Navarro\u2019s account of a separate backstage assault after the Boston concert was halted abruptly is untrue. His suit reads, \u201cNavarro now falsely claims Farrell hit Navarro with a \u2018sucker punch.\u2019 What actually happened was that it was Navarro who menacingly charged at and aggressively assaulted both Farrell and his wife Etty Lau backstage, shouting, \u2018What the fuck was that, you motherfucker?!\u2019 Farrell took a defensive stance and shouted, \u2018Get the fuck out of here!,\u2019 to which Navarro replied, \u2018I am never working with you again!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Farrell\u2019s legal team called Navarro, Avery and Perkins\u2019 filing \u201canother clear example of the group uniting to isolate and bully\u201d the singer and Lollapalooza co-founder. \u201cIt was filed only after they caught wind of legal action coming from our side. It\u2019s a transparent attempt to control the narrative and present themselves as the so-called \u2018good guys\u2019 \u2014 a move that\u2019s both typical and predictable. Just like when they released a defamatory and entirely unfounded statement about Perry\u2019s mental health and unilaterally canceled the remaining tour dates without his input, they\u2019re once again scrambling to get ahead of the truth in a desperate effort to save face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Navarro, Avery and Perkins say they each lost more than $200,000 in income due to the cancellations, and that they owe another $240,00 in commissions and fees. \u201cA successful Tour would have served as a potent marketing vehicle for the new album the Band was working on for ADA, and would have increased the Band\u2019s earnings from record sales due to increased interest,\u201d they purport. \u201cIt would have also strengthened the Band\u2019s relationship with [tour promoter] Live Nation, which had previously discussed the prospect of subsequent tours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after his bandmates filed a multi-count lawsuit against him following Jane\u2019s Addiction\u2019s sudden dissolution last September, frontman Perry Farrell has filed his own complaint against Dave Navarro, Eric Avery&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1202,2678,6,2679,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dave-navarro","category-janes-addiction","category-news","category-perry-farrell","category-pushly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}