Rocker Courtney Love is preparing for a fresh legal battle with the fashion designer who successfully sued her over a Twitter comment in 2009.

The Hole star has been sued for a second time by Dawn Simorangkir, who won a reported $430,000 (£286,700) from Love in 2011 over claims the singer badmouthed her on the social media website.

Simorangkir has accused Love of making more nasty comments about her on another website, Pintrest, in 2014 and during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show on U.S. radio, and her lawsuit has now been given the green light.

Love had attempted to have the case dismissed under a Californian law which protects free speech, but the Court of Appeal of the State of California dismissed her claim on Thursday (26Feb15) and ruled the legal action can continue.

The singer's lawyer Richard Dongell says, "The real case has not even begun yet, and (Love) looks forward to the opportunity to defend herself before a fair and impartial jury."