Courtney Love pleads guilty to assaulting fan

NEW YORK (Courtney Love Fans Website) - Rocker Courtney Love on Wednesday pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for hitting a clubgoer's head in New York with a microphone stand.

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson granted Love a conditional discharge, meaning her case will be sealed after one year if she pays the victim $2,336 (BD880) to cover medical expenses, joins a drug-treatment programme and does not commit any other crimes.
If Love violates the conditions, she could face 15 days in jail.
"I just wanted it to be over," Love said after the hearing, wearing a long, light-brown suede coat lined with fur. "I played a rock show. I didn't do anything. I wasn't on drugs. Playing a rock show had nothing to do with drugs."

The case stems from an incident in March, when Love hit Gregory Burgett, 24, with a microphone stand as he watched her show at a Manhattan nightclub.
Burgett needed three staples in his head to close the wound, and Love was arrested on misdemeanour charges of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault.

Love, 40, also faces a felony assault charge in California for allegedly attacking a woman with a liquor bottle ather ex-boyfriend's home in April.
A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 27.