Love filed a defamation lawsuit against Brian due to how he was presented in Brian’s 1992 memoir Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story . Its publisher HarperCollins settled the suit for $1.5 million. He later wrote that the suit allowed his lawyer “to gain access to the transcripts of Brian’s interviews with his [book] collaborator, Todd Gold. Those interviews affirmed—according to Brian—that I had been the inspiration of the group and that I had written many of the songs that [would soon be] in dispute.” Other defamation lawsuits were filed by Carl, Brother Records, and the Wilsons’ mother Audree. With Love and Brian unable to determine exactly what Love was properly owed in royalties and songwriting credits, Love sued Brian in 1992 , awarding him $5 million and a share of future royalties from Wilson. Thirty-five of the group’s songs were then amended to credit Love.
Love filed a defamation lawsuit against Brian due to how he was
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