The notorious September 2024 onstage altercation between Jane’s Habit frontman Perry Farrell and different members of the band is much from over, as the 2 events filed separate lawsuits on Wednesday.

Farrell filed a authorized grievance — not a countersuit — towards former bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins, simply hours after the trio sued him. In a 30-page grievance, Farrell accuses the previous members of orchestrating a years-long marketing campaign of bullying and harassment geared toward undermining him. He additionally alleges that he had no say in canceling their tour and breaking apart the band.

In it, he says the altercation was spurred by his frustration over the opposite bandmembers’ “taking part in their devices at a excessive quantity in order that he couldn’t hear himself sing with out blasting his personal in-ear displays at an unsafe degree,” and that Navarro assaulted Farrell and his spouse backstage.

Navarro, Avery and Perkins issued their lawsuit on Wednesday morning towards Farrell, citing the onstage alterction between Navarro and Farrell that resulted within the cancellation of their reunion tour and, apparently, the ultimate dissolution of the long-running alt-rock band. The band members are searching for at the very least $10 million from Farrell, claiming within the lawsuit that the group misplaced that quantity because of the tour’s cancellation and the suspension of all band actions.

In a press release shared with Selection, Farrell stated of his former bandmates’ lawsuit, “As a founding member and inventive drive behind Jane’s Habit, Perry Farrell has all the time prioritized the band’s legacy and its supporters, which is why the occasions of September thirteenth, 2024 in Boston and the ensuing fallout was so devastating. With out warning or session and utilizing Perry as a scapegoat, Dave Navarro and the opposite band members took it upon themselves to abruptly cancel the remaining tour dates—violating contracts and disregarding all skilled obligations. Perry was blindsided by not being allowed to vote and be heard, leaving him unable to plead his case to proceed the tour for his or her followers. If that was not dangerous sufficient, Dave Navarro then deliberately and publicly blamed Perry for the canceled tour dates successfully destroying Perry’s status and inflicting him irreparable hurt. Regardless of this continued bullying perpetuated by Navarro, Perry’s dedication to Jane’s Habit and the preservation of its constructive affect on the music trade stays unshaken. He’s actively exploring methods to handle the state of affairs and guarantee accountability.”

The important thing section of the grievance states: “That Jane’s Habit’s bandmates have typically been antagonistic in the direction of one another has been well-documented. However Navarro, Avery and Perkins apparently determined that Jane’s Habit’s many years of success must be jettisoned in pursuit of a years-long bullying marketing campaign towards Farrell involving harassing him onstage throughout performances, together with, amongst different ways, making an attempt to undermine him by taking part in their devices at a excessive quantity in order that he couldn’t hear himself sing with out blasting his personal in-ear displays at an unsafe degree.

“This harassment escalated on September 13, 2024 to bodily violence by Navarro and Avery towards Farrell onstage throughout the Boston present and the assault of each Perry and Etty Lau Farrell backstage by Navarro. These altercations precipitated the choice by Navarro, Avery and Perkins to each name off the remainder of the band’s North American tour. With out warning or session and utilizing Perry Farrell, as a scapegoat, Navarro and the opposite band members took it upon themselves to abruptly cancel the remaining tour dates — violating contracts and disregarding all skilled obligations — and apparently break up the band for good.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Navarro filed a go well with towards Farrell for assault and battery following the onstage incident final fall, when Farrell threw a punch at Navarro throughout a live performance in Boston. Crew members then intervened and escorted Farrell off stage, and one . Navarro is suing Farrell for intentional infliction of emotional misery, negligence, breach of fiduciary obligation and breach of contract.

Concerning Navarro’s alleged backstage assault, the grievance reads: “Navarro now falsely claims Farrell hit Navarro with a ‘sucker punch. What truly occurred was that it was Navarro who menacingly charged at and aggressively assaulted each Farrell and his spouse Etty Lau backstage, shouting, ‘What the fuck was that, you motherfucker?!’ Farrell took a defensive stance and shouted, ‘Get the fuck out of right here!’ to which Navarro replied, ‘I’m by no means working with you once more!’”

The grievance continues: “[Farrell] was not even consulted about cancelling the tour and wouldn’t have agreed to take action because of the monetary and reputational penalties, in addition to publicity to third-party authorized legal responsibility created by their permitting Wilton Hilton, Inc., the band’s touring firm, breach its touring commitments.”

Farrell moreover claims the group revealed “malicious” and “defamatory public statements” about him on social media upon the tour’s cancellation, together with placing the blame on the cancellation of the tour on Farrell. Shortly after the September scuffle, Navarro took to social media to share the information of the tour cancellation. In his message, he famous the cancellation was as a result of Farrell’s “persevering with sample of habits” and “psychological well being difficulties.”

“Now we have come to the conclusion that we now have no alternative however to discontinue the present US tour,” he wrote on the time. “Our concern for his private well being and security in addition to our personal has left us no different. We hope that he’ll discover the assistance he wants.”

Farrell apologized to his bandmates and followers for his “inexcusable habits,” hours after information broke that the second half of the band’s reunion tour was being canceled. “Sadly, my breaking level resulted in inexcusable habits, and I take full accountability for the way I selected to deal with the state of affairs,” Farrell stated on the time.

His spouse Etty additionally issued an Instagram assertion that was usually defensive of her husband, however added in a remark that Farrell was “spinning out” and stated that his present state represented “essentially the most devastating psychological well being of all” that she had seen since being with him since 1997.

Farrell’s lawsuit claims his bandmates centered their social media statements on his psychological well being in a “spurious effort each to alter the narrative in regards to the occasions of the band’s final present, but additionally as part of a disingenuous effort to safe insurance coverage protection for their very own irresponsible cancellation of the tour.”

Altogether, 15 tour dates have been canceled, lower than a month after Reside Nation introduced that seven dates have been being added to the top of the tour, which additionally featured Love and Rockets as co-headliner.