from tmz:
One of
Courtney Love's former assistants is suing the singer -- claiming
Courtney asked her to break the law ... by hiring a computer hacker and counterfeiting legal do***ents.
The ex-assistant Jessica LaBrie filed the lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming
Courtney intentionally withheld her salary because Jessica refused to "commit fraudulent, unlawful, and unethical acts."
Jessica doesn't specify why
Courtney wanted a hacker, or what kind of legal do***ents
Courtney asked her to forge.
Jessica says she worked for
Courtney from June 2010 to July 2011 -- often working in excess of 60 hours a week -- but
Courtney only paid her a fraction of her salary.
Jessica says she was eventually forced to resign because
Courtney wouldn't compensate her -- and now, she's suing
Courtney for failure to pay ... on top of a laundry list of other grievances.
FYI -- Jessica's the same ex-assistant currently shopping a tell-all book about
Courtney, tentatively entitled "Get Me a Xanax."
Jessica wants unspecified damages.
Courtney's rep told us he couldn't comment on the suit because he hasn't seen it yet.