Halperin speakes about Courtney and his objectives

[Danielle Loves Kurt]

Friday, April 16, 2004
Canadian author issues Love a challenge
By MIKE BELL
Calgary Sun

Ian Halperin wants to set the record straight.

And he wants Courtney Love to do the same.

That's why the co-author of the controversial new book Love & Death calls the Sun newsroom out of the blue from Montreal.

He and partner Max Wallace have been coming under fire for some of the things brought up in their new book -- the follow-up to Who Killed Kurt Cobain?

Love & Death offers evidence to support the theory that Cobain's declared suicide was actually murder, with much of that evidence pointing the finger at his widow Love.

"We're not accusing her of murder," Halperin clarifies, while noting her actions immediately before and after the death have been suspicious. "Let her come forward, let her clear her name or explain what really happened."

Not surprisingly, Love has no interest in answering the charges. The only statement she's made was through her attorneys, saying that by releasing their book two weeks ago, Halperin and Wallace "opportunistically used the (10th) anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death to promote their ongoing campaign of greed and exploitation of what remains an unbearable tragedy for us all."

"She never denies anything about her involvement in Kurt's death," Halperin points out first. "And also my response is, this is coming from a woman who sold her husband's most intimate diaries and journals for over $4-million US last year.

"Talk about shameless profiteering."

Besides, Halperin says, in the almost 10 years he and Wallace have worked on the case, the amount of money they've made comes nowhere near compensating for the hours they've put in.

"I could make more working at Wendy's or Harveys, and that's the honest truth," he says.

So why has he done it?

"I'm an investigative journalist and I think I have a responsibility to when you come across such crazy evidence like this, to release it to the public," he replies. "It would be the equivalent of coming across the Rodney King tape and not releasing (it)."

Some of the evidence he and Wallace offer in the new book includes the revelation Cobain was leaving Love at the time of his death -- the pair had a prenuptial agreement meaning she would get nothing -- and had even purchased two plane tickets out of Seattle for himself and a mystery woman whom Love believed Cobain was having an affair with.

There's also forensic evidence, including the fact that when Cobain apparently shot himself he had heroin in his system that was 70 times the lethal dose for an average person -- three times the lethal dose for the most severe addict, which Cobain likely was -- meaning it was "scientifically impossible" for him to have shot the gun.

Halperin believes that all of these things will eventually lead to the Seattle police taking another look at the death, and has offered to meet with them any time to turn over the evidence he and Wallace have.

"I do predict this case will be reopened," he says. "Absolutely. I believe in justice, and justice will be done.

"I believe somebody eventually will serve time for killing Kurt Cobain."

[junkiewh0re]

SkankyLovehole poisioned Cobain

[itslikeatradeoff]

She didnt shoot the gun herself. She was in LA at the time of his death. I believe she played a big role however. My belief is she hired a hitman.

[HippieChild]

She didnt shoot the gun herself. She was in LA at the time of his death. I believe she played a big role however. My belief is she hired a hitman.

I think Cali was the hitman. The scene was too neat and tidy with the drug paraphenelia box put away nice and neat, his sleeves rolled down and even his hair combed, despite the unusually high level of heroin in his system. A professional who wanted it to look like a suicide would have made sure his sleeves were rolled up with the needle sticking out of his arm and not bothered to shoot him since the OD at such a high level would have killed him OR would have just plain shot him, pressed his hands against the gun trigger to make sure there were prints on it to justify a suicide, and placed the gun in the appropriate position. There was a can of rootbeer next to Kurt at the scene; in order to ensure his cooperation, it probably would have been drugged but not to the point where the levels would have been questionable. The fact that he did BOTH makes it seem as if the hitman couldn't make up his mind so he decided to do both. Definately not a professional. Also, after Kurt was discovered, Courtney gave Cali $30,000.00 to "Go to rehab." That's some expensive rehab! My rehab programs were free; AA, NA and one-on-one counseling at the local mental health center. Geez, give ME $30,000.00 and I'll start to drink again so I can go to rehab!

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