Kurt Cobain’s widow and daughter are urging a Seattle judge to not release death-scene photos and records that a lawsuit claims will prove the Nirvana frontman was murdered more than 20 years ago.
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The town is arguing that the fabric ought to keep sealed for the sake of the household’s privateness. Love and Frances Bean, meanwhile, have detailed the psychological effect that it would have on their lives if the photos were released.
The couple’s daughter, Frances Cobain, echoed those sentiments and wrote separately that the release of the photos would put her in danger, describing how she has received death threats and privacy invasions from people obsessed with her late father. Coping with even the possibility that those photographs could be made public is very hard.
It’s unclear what evidence Lee believes might be in the photos, but Frances Bean Cobain is adamant about her fears that the photos will only cause more damage to her family, both emotionally and at the hands of rabid fans.
In 1995, Love received courtroom permission to maintain Cobain’s suicide notice, and one other observe used for handwriting evaluation, out of the general public eye.
Meanwhile, Seattle police did release two previously unseen death images last year, showing drug paraphernalia, a cigarette packet and his wallet scattered about near his body. The lyrics are mostly drowned out by Cobain’s playing – at one point, he sounds like he’s singing “Wonder how I breathe” and “I’m a bad man” – and through much of the song he affects a falsetto that’s faintly reminiscent of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, but thankfully, nowhere near as weird as his cartoonishly altered vocals on “Beans”, which is found on the With the Lights Out box set.
Cobain’s death has long been subject to scrutiny by those who believe that Love was involved in his death.
“If in fact Kurt Cobain was murdered, as opposed to having committed suicide, and it was possible to learn that, shame on us for not doing that”.
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Ms Love’s lawyers said the idea she was behind her husband’s death was “a widely and repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory” and demanded that cinemas not show the film.
