[safeasthebanks]

"Well, you know what? The whole BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY affair vis a vis THE VERVE really turned me off to Jagger. Could be maybe I’m way off base, but it seems like the common understanding is that he just screwed them to the wall, “...

And as it almost always the case, the "common understanding", mainly from people (like you?) who only know half of the story, at most, is WRONG WRONG WRONG.

Jagger and Richards had NOTHING to do with the whole Bittersweet Symphony controversy. NOTHING. Please do some research so your "common understanding" of the situation can be more accurate.

[SamAdams76]

I understand that it was Allen Klein, a disgruntled ex-manager of the Rolling Stones who owns pre-1970 copyrights that initiated the lawsuit against The Verve, but the Stones themselves were silent on the matter.

They could have been a little more outspoken about it if they disagreed with the lawsuit.

[Black Agnes]

Did Jagger or Richards speak out about the whole thing given their financial interest in the outcome?

Nope.