Disorderly Courtney gets conditional discharge

Rocker Courtney Love admitted hitting a man on the head with a microphone stand during a performance in a New York club when she appeared in a New York court today.

She was given a conditional discharge, which means her case would be sealed after one year if she pays the victim $2,300 to cover medical expenses, joins a drug-treatment programme and does not commit any other crimes.

If Love violates the conditions, she could face 15 days in jail.

“I just wanted it to be over,” the singer/actress, wearing a fur-lined suede coat, said after the hearing.

The case stems from an incident in March, when Love hit Gregory Burgett, 24, with a microphone stand as he watched her show at a Manhattan nightclub.

Burgett needed three staples in his head to close the wound, and Love was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault. Those charges were reduced to one charge of disorderly conduct.

The rocker also faces an assault charge in California for allegedly attacking a woman with a liquor bottle at an ex-boyfriend’s home in April. A preliminary hearing is set for October 27.

Love, 40, the widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, was formerly the lead singer of the band Hole.

She had to delay a concert tour with her new band this year because of her legal problems.