Courtney Love speaks about her bust-up with daughter

Rock musician Courtney Love has revealed that the split between her and her daughter came about because of the teenager punching, biting and scratching her.

Love, 45, said her daughter, Frances Bean, from late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, was placed under the temporary guardianship of her paternal grandmother and an aunt in December last year after the fall out.

The singer was later issued a banning order by a judge, which prevented her from contacting Frances until a further hearing in April this year.

She is adamant to get her daughter back, but she also wants to clarify about the argument that sparked their split.

"I was talking on the phone. Frances came out of my room. She was hysterical. First she was crying at my legs, saying, 'Why was I born?' Then she bites and scratches and pulls on my hair," the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

"She punched me. I grabbed her with both arms. That left a bruise and she took a picture of her bruise," she added.