Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell countersues Dave Navarro and bandmates, alleging a yearslong bullying campaign following the violent onstage altercation that ended their tour.
Jane’s Addiction is taking their feud to court.
On Wednesday, guitarist Dave Navarro, along with bandmates Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins, filed a $10 million lawsuit against frontman Perry Farrell, accusing him of assault and battery after an onstage altercation in September 2024. The same day, Farrell filed a countersuit, alleging a „yearslong bullying campaign“ against him by the other band members.
The singer claimed he was blindsided by the other members‘ decision to cancel the remaining 15 shows of the tour and break up following the 2024 incident.
Farrell claimed Navarro, Avery and Perkins are to blame for the escalating tensions and violence that erupted during the band’s tour.
„Navarro, Avery and Perkins apparently decided“, the lawsuit stated, „that Jane’s Addiction’s decades of success should be jettisoned in pursuit of a yearslong bullying campaign against Farrell involving harassing him onstage during performances, including, among other tactics, trying to undermine him by playing their instruments at a high volume so that he could not hear himself sing.“
Farrell alleged that Navarro and Avery actually assaulted him, turning the stage into a toxic environment, and said the situation went from hostile to defamatory when the other members of the band publicly accused him of struggling with mental health issues in the aftermath of the altercation.
Meanwhile, Navarro sued Farrell for assault and battery following an incident that took place mid-concert during a stop on the band’s reunion tour last September.
In court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Navarro, Avery and Perkins accused Farrell of assaulting Navarro both on stage and backstage on Sept. 13, 2024. They stated that they suffered financial losses after the incident led to the cancellation of the tour and their planned album.
According to the documents, they claimed that they „were forced to bring this action“ after Farrell „ruthlessly assaulted Navarro onstage, mid-show, during the Jane’s Addiction 33-date North American reunion tour.“
„As if the pain and humiliation of the onstage attack were not enough, Farrell continued his unhinged barrage of punches backstage (collectively, the ‚Attack‘)“, the lawsuit continued.
