Courtney Love in court on drugs charges
A Californian judge threw out an arrest warrant after Courtney Love appeared in court on a drugs charge.
Judge Elden Fox issued the warrant last week after Love failed to appear for a hearing involving illegal possession of two painkillers.
Her lawyer, William Genego, said Love could not be present then because of unspecified "security" reasons.
In Beverly Hills Superior Court yesterday, Judge Lisa Hart Cole dismissed the warrant and ordered Love back to court on March 16 for a preliminary hearing.
The sometimes outspoken Love, 39, said only, "Yes, ma'am," when the judge asked if she would agree to the date.
The singer-actress has pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of hydrocodone and oxycodone.
Authorities said they discovered the painkillers when Love was taken to a hospital on October 2 after being found outside an ex-boyfriend's house where she allegedly smashed windows.
She was charged separately with being under the influence of a drug.
Love, lead singer of the group Hole and widow of grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, has a new album, America's Sweetheart, out this month. She has appeared in such movies as The People vs Larry Flynt and Man on the Moon.
