Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky has launched a new lawsuit against his former Soundgarden bandmates. She wants a judge to decide the value of Cornell’s share in the band, after the surviving members offered to buy her out of the Soundgarden business for “the villainously low figure of less than $300,000”.In the lawsuit filed in Seattle earlier this week, Vicky Cornell says that the band offered to buy her late husband’s interest in the band for $278,000.
This despite them being offered $16 million by an unnamed party for just their master recording rights.Part of the reason for the lawsuit, she says, is that the band have denied her access to financial documents that would allow her to properly value Chris Cornell’s stake.
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