LATEST: Courtney Love's mother has denied reports that the rock star is Marlon Brando's granddaughter.

British newspaper THE DAILY EXPRESS had broken the story earlier this month (13AUG03) - claiming that HOLE singer Love's mother LINDA CARROLL made the revelation in a new book.

It had been claimed that Carroll's mother PAULA FOX had had a brief liaison with the GODFATHER star, resulting in her birth.

However, Carroll, 59, states categorically that she made no such claim in her memoirs, to be published in 2005.

She told the CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES, "First of all, it's crazy, it's not true. Second of all, my book doesn't say that."

Carroll's New York book editor KRISTINE PUOPOLO confirms that the manuscript makes no mention of ties to the reclusive Brando.

25/08/2003 01:32