Courtney Love shared her terror in live tweets as she was “held hostage” by angry Paris taxi drivers.
The Hole singer found herself caught up in the French taxi drivers’ protest against online minicab service Uber.
Courtney, 50, shared pictures and video online of her car surrounded by what she described as a “mob” of taxi drivers armed with bats and claimed they had ambushed her car and taken her driver hostage.
Dude @kanyewest we may turn back to the airport and hide out with u.picketers just attacked our car #ParisUberStrike pic.twitter.com/MtanurybOO
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
they've ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. they're beating the cars with metal bats. this is France?? I'm safer in Baghdad
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
how on earth are these people allowed to do this? the first car was destroyed, all tires slashed… https://t.co/lWuFRMG6I5
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
The star eventually escaped after about an hour after paying two men on motorcycles to help her flee the scene.
paid some guys on motorcycles to sneak us out, got chased by a mob of taxi drivers who threw rocks, passed two police and they did nothing
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
we got out after being held hostage for an hour thanks to these two guys. I'm scared out of my wits.… https://t.co/cAOELz463U
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
Courtney is calling for French President Francois Hollande and the police to take action.
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