Perhaps they were all listening to the Beatles’ Come Together, as the Rolling Stones today settled a dispute with insurers over their $12.7 million claim.
The Stones were claiming the sum after cancelling a number of concerts in Australia following the suicide of frontman Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott back in March.
Although happy the dispute has been resolved, Jagger is reported to have been upset that confidential medical records were made public during the court case.
According to the Orangeville Banner, one of the items revealed in the court documents was that the singer had been “diagnosed as suffering from acute traumatic stress disorder” and was advised by doctors not to perform for at least 30 days.
“We are deeply upset that confidential medical and other private information about members of the band and their immediate family and loved ones has entered the public domain as a result of a U.S. court filing initiated by insurers four weeks ago,” a spokesman for the band stated today. “This was done without the knowledge of the band or reference to their legal representatives.
“This has only been discovered and reported in the press in the last week, by which time we are pleased to say the insurers and the Rolling Stones had, in fact, settled the insurance claim.”
Following the group's claim, the insurers were seeking information as to whether L'Wren had a pre-existing mental illness as her death might not be covered under the policy, arguing her passing was “not beyond her control.”
“Ms. Scott intended to, and did, commit suicide and her death was therefore not ‘sudden and unforeseen’,” the insurers stated.
