1991.01.31 - The Daily Press - Guns N' Lawsuits (Axl)

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Guns N’ lawsuits

LOS ANGELES — Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose is being sued by a neighbor who claims he smashed a wine bottle over her head and later told reporters she was an obsessed fan.

Gabriella Kantor, 37, accused Rose, 28, of assault, battery, libel and slander in the lawsuit filed last week.

The suit is the latest round in a dispute between Kantor and Rose, who are neighbors in a Hollywood condominium complex. The pair already have been issued restraining orders against each other.

The lawsuit asks for unspecified punitive damages.

This was a civil suit, after the criminal charges about the "wine bottle incident" were dismissed:
https://www.a-4-d.com/t3148-1990-10-30-12-05-los-angeles-times-reports-on-the-wine-bottle-incident-axl

Axl would comment on the civil suit like this:

[…] You know, the D.A’s [District Attorneys = public prosecutors] threw it out, but now it’s a civil suit and, I mean, she’s trying to tell people that I’m insinuating that she actually emanated from hell (laughs). That’s her case [Rockline, November 27, 1991].

According to the Los Angeles Superior Court database, the civil suit case was either dismissed or settled in October 1993:

Case Number: SC006297

GABRIELLA KANTOR VS AXL W. ROSE ET AL
Filing Courthouse: Santa Monica Courthouse

Filing Date: 01/23/1991

Case Type: Other Compl-not Tort or Complex (General Jurisdiction)

Status: Dismissed - Other 10/13/1993

A similar story in Port Arthur News, January 31, 1992: