Courtney Love has been cleared of posting a defamatory tweet by a Californian court.

The court case centred on a tweet by Courtney Love about lawyer Rhonda Holmes whom had been previously hired to handle a fraud case against the management of Kurt Cobain's estate.

Love’s tweet read: “I was fucking devestated [sic] when Rhonda J Holmes esq. of san diego was bought off.”

In her defense, Love claimed that it was supposed to be a private direct message and when she realised it was made public it was deleted.

After three hours of deliberation jurors found that the Hole singer should not be held liable for defamation.

Jurors decided that Love’s tweet was false and likely injurious to Holmes but deemed the lawyer had not made a strong enough case for defamation.

Courtney Love gave her reaction to the verdict to Spin, saying:

“I feel really good. I am relieved. I am really happy to have had good counsel for the first time in 24 years.”

Watch Courtney Love giving her reaction to the court case below: