Courtney Gets New Court Date
Yesterday, Courtney Love's lawyer said he hoped there would be no "glitches" today, when it came time for his client to be sentenced on an under-the-influence charge. She would get sentenced to rehab, "and the case will finally be resolved."
But this is Courtney Love we're talking about, so there are always glitches.
The judge overseeing case, Patricia Schnegg, decided it was better that Love attend the sentencing hearing in person, so her honor decided to push back sentencing from Friday to no later than Aug. 6. That's the day after Love is scheduled to be released from a private facility in Connecticut where she has been hospitalized since Monday.
Judge Schnegg says once Love checks out, she has 24 hours to get on a plane and make it to Los Angeles Superior Court to find out her fate. In May, Love pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of being under the influence of cocaine during an October window-smashing spree outside an ex-boyfriend's house. Schnegg is expected to order Love into a drug-treatment program.
The delay came at the behest of Love lawyer, Michael Rosenstein--yes, the same Michael Rosenstein who said Thursday that he hoped the case would be resolved today.
Rosenstein said he expects Love to be in court as scheduled.
Of course making good on her docket dates isn't something that Love has proven adept at. Last Friday, to celebrate her 40th birthday, she skipped out on another L.A. court appointment--this one for a felony assault charge--and was rewarded with an arrest warrant and an increased bail.
Hours later, she was rushed to New York's Bellevue Hospital for what Rosenstein called a "gynecological condition." After spending the weekend, she was transferred to a private facility, described as an "institution" by another of her lawyers, where she remains, purportedly under the care of legal guardian.
On Thursday, she missed a date in a third L.A. case, this one for felony charges of illegal drug possession. Next week, the judge in that case will consider a motion by prosecutors to force Love to pay $40,000 bail as a penalty for her flaky behavior. Love has pleaded innocent to the charge.
"She's receiving treatment and she is doing well," Rosenstein said Thursday, adding that Love "will 100 percent be back voluntarily before the jurisdiction to face any and all charges against her. She'll be back as soon as she's released from her care from her physician."





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