In response to the recent lawsuit filed by members of Soundgarden against Vicky Cornell, the lawyer for Chris Cornell accused the band members of intending to "maliciously defame Mrs. Cornell."
Soundgarden has resorted to a court order to try to regain access to the band's social media accounts. According to the members, Vicky Cornell allegedly excluded them from all of the band's social media platforms, including profiles on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and others, in addition to changing the password for Soundgarden's official website.
In defense of Vicky Cornell, her lawyer, Marty Singer, wrote in a statement that she had created and managed the band's social media accounts alone for years, "devoting her personal time and money to growing those accounts while Soundgarden showed no interest whatsoever in social media."
Singer also claimed that Vicky had been in charge of these profiles for a decade, while the band members "don't even know the usernames and passwords for their so-called 'own' accounts." To top it off, the lawyer stated that the reason Soundgarden wants its social media accounts back is to "provoke Vicky Cornell's online stalkers and incite third parties to harass her and her minor children."
On the official Instagram page previously used by Chris Cornell, former manager Ron Lafitte also stated that during the six years he worked with Chris and Vicky, the couple always managed Soundgarden's social media, both before and after Chris's death, and that the band's sudden interest in their online profiles is "surprising, to say the least."