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Courtney Love In A Financial Hole
Ben Hewitt , October 14th, 2009 08:43

Singer owes US government hundreds of thousands of dollars

Queen of controversy Courtney Love owes the US government hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, it has been revealed.

The singer owes $324,335.21 and, according to a federal tax lien obtained by TMZ and filed in Los Angeles County, her debts go as far back as 2007.

Love's lawyer Keith Fink insisted that she would be repay the debt, claiming: "Ms. Cobain has every intention of paying those taxes."