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Bono helps Courtney Love

Character references are a necessary annoyance in our lives, and it seems Hollywood stars are no different.

Singer Bono recently wrote a character reference for Courtney Love so she could move into her new apartment.

The Hole singer, who moved out of her New York town house last month despite winning a long-running legal battle with her former landlord, is now living in a rented condominium in the Nolita district of Manhattan, thanks to a glowing report from the U2 frontman.

“They didn’t even credit-check. They chose Bono [from my character references]. And he wrote me a paragraph,” she told the New York Daily News.

And Courtney, who is the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, says she will keeping the noise down at her new home after finding out one of the neighbours was pregnant.

“It’s all good now. I didn’t know! I don’t do noise complaints,” she said.

In January, a court case against Courtney claiming she owes back rent on her New York home was dropped.

The mother-of-one had been renting a $33,000-a-month town house on West 10th Street for 11 months, and while owner Donna Lyon had alleged in court that she owes $66,000 in rent, Judge Jean Schneider of New York County Housing Court threw out the claim.

Judge Schneider ruled that Ms. Lyon had improperly relied on outdated lease provisions.

Courtney’s lawyer, Eric Sherman, said, “We are pleased with the court’s decision. The judge decided there was no non in the nonpayment. She has always paid her rent on time, in fact sometimes in advance of when it was due.”

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