Courtney Love has spilled the tea on the circumstances that led her to lose custody of her gutsy teen daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. The Hole singer claims she had a falling out with Frances after the teen punched, bit, and scratched her during an unprovoked attack last fall.

“I was talking on the phone. Frances came out of my room. She was hysterical. First she was crying at my legs, saying, ‘Why was I born?’ Then she bites and scratches and pulls on my hair. She punched me. I grabbed her with both arms. That left a bruise and she took a picture of her bruise.”

Frances, Love’s 17-year-old daughter with late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, was placed under the temporary guardianship of her paternal grandmother and an aunt in December. A judge later slapped a banning order on Love, preventing her from contacting Frances until a further hearing in April.

Courtney now hopes she will have her daughter back in time for her 18th birthday in August.