A spokesperson for Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger released a statement on Friday confirming that the band had settled with insurance underwriters regarding an insurance policy the band had taken out on its Australian tour earlier this year. The group was forced to cancel the tour after Jagger's longtime partner L'Wren Scott committed suicide but underwriters claimed that the policy might not have applied to the circumstances at hand, resulting in a lawsuit form the band.
Fran Curtis opted not to disclose any financial details of the settlement. The sum the Rolling Stones expected to obtain was $12.7 million however. More drama ensued when the group's private information became public during the courtroom proceedings, a happening that the spokesperson described as "upsetting," according to Billboard.
Scott was found dead in March, an event that understandably left Jagger acute traumatic stress disorder. Regardless of the medical nature of the vocalist's suffering, it seems understandable that he wouldn't want to travel to Australia following the event. When the Stones made a move to secure the insurance policy that it had taken out on the tour, underwriters claimed that Scott may have suffered from a previously-acknowledged mental condition that would make her an ineligible cause for payout. A New York court ruled last month that the company should be able to interview Scott's brother Randall Bambrough regarding his knowledge of such a condition (although he reported that such questioning never occurred).
We may never know whether Scott suffered from such a condition...nor should we.
