Kurt Cobain was a tortured soul, but even he (as he jammed the shotgun barrel in his mouth and gently rested his big toe on the trigger) must have had the consoling thought 'At least my daughter will never have to worry about money. Or what to get me for Father's Day'. Sadly, Kurt was also married to Courtney Love at the time (the three are pictured together in 1993 - doesn't he look happy?).

Despite Kurt leaving behind a $30m fortune and real estate worth around $500m after his death in 1994 (yeah, Rock & Roll!) it appears that Courtney may have managed to piss the lot up against a wall. Then bought the wall, ate it then smeared the resulting crap onto another wall. Which she bought. And began again.

 

No, it's not Courtney's fault, you see. She has been targeted by unscrupulous charlatans who have managed to swindle away the huge amount of money. How could this happen? Courtney is such an intelligent and resourceful woman, totally in charge of her life and financial affairs!

 

Love's lawyer, the remarkably-named Rhonda J. Holmes (this might be a three pipe problem, Holmes) managed to keep a straight face when telling the New York Times' Page Six,

 

"Courtney noticed the money was gone when there wasn't any left. It's no secret she struggled with substance-abuse issues, but in the last year she's taken a more serious approach to sobriety and started noticing things were wrong. She hired private investigators, accountants and me."

 

Saying that Courtney struggled with substance abuse issues is a little like saying that Napoleon struggled with self-esteem issues, though it's clear that Courtney was totally on the ball with the financial side of her life, not realising that a thing was wrong until every last penny was gone.

 

"When Mr. Cobain died in 1994, he left his enormously wealthy estate behind for the benefit of his mother, two sisters, a brother, his wife and young daughter. Many of those (involved with) the estate's coffers mismanaged, stole and outright looted it shamelessly."

 

Well, not Courtney, obviously. She just took a load of toot and booze and then responded to an e-mail from a Nigerian banker regarding his dead client. Well, he did offer her a 40/60 split of the $38m estate as long as she provided a fax number, a copy of her passport and her bank details, which is easy money. She's not daft, after all.