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The surviving members of Soundgarden have countersued Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky Cornell, claiming that she used funds intended for charity for “personal purposes for herself and her family”.

We wish we could tell you as we approach the third anniversary of his passing that there was peace between the houses Chris Cornell built; sadly, the only thing to report is an escalation in the growing legal battle.

The surviving members of Soundgarden (Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd) filed a countersuit against late lead singer Chris Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell, and the Cornell estate in U.S.

Soundgarden has countersued Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky for “fraudulent inducement,” claiming she used money raised, intended for charity, for “personal purposes for herself and her family”.

Soundgarden have countersued Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky for “fraudulent inducement” over a charity concert.

In Soundgarden's ongoing court battle with Chris Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell, the surviving band members -- Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Hunter Benedict Shepherd -- have asked a judge to either dismiss her Florida case against them or to move it to Washington state.

Cornell died in May 2017.

The surviving Soundgarden band members are demanding that Chris Cornell's widow, Vicky, hand over recordings to what they claim are the band's final unreleased tracks. Band members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Hunter Benedict Shepherd say they worked jointly on these final tracks with Cornell and that Vicky Cornell has no right to withhold from them what they call the "final Soundgarden album."

In December 2019, Vicky Cornell sued the bandmates of her late husband Chris Cornell, claiming that they were withholding royalties from her and her family. Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd have now responded to the lawsuit, as Rolling Stone notes and court records viewed by Pitchfork confirm.

The surviving members of Soundgarden (Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd) today filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against them by Vicky Cornell on December 9, in which she alleged the group owes Cornell’s estate hundreds of thousands of dollars in allegedly unpaid royalties and the rights to seven unreleased recordings made before the singer’s death in May of 2017.

Country legend Tanya Tucker and her producer, Brandi Carlile, will perform together on the Grammys  in one week, both singers announced on their respective social media accounts Sunday.