Prince’s estate is firing back at a lawsuit from Purple Rain co-star Apollonia Kotero, calling her claims “frivolous” and denying that it has ever tried to stop her from using the stage name that made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apollonia says Prince never meant to cause her any sorrow, so his estate shouldn’t either. Apollonia, 66, says that Susan Moonsie, ...

The singer says Prince gave her his blessing to keep using the name and persona for her music career. Apollonia, who starred in Prince’s musical film “Purple Rain” and was considered the singer’s muse ...

Apollonia is escalating her legal fight with the Prince estate—and this time, she’s anchoring her argument in a final, personal interaction with the late icon himself. In a new declaration filed in ...

Kotero has continuously performed as Apollonia and hosts a podcast under the name. Paisley Park Enterprises has petitioned for cancellation of Kotero’s Apollonia trademarks. Kotero contends loss of ...

One-time Prince protege and Purple Rain co-star Apollonia has filed a lawsuit against his estate, saying Paisley Park Enterprises is trying to steal the name and trademarks she has been building for ...

Last month, Patty A. Kotero -- the performer known as Apollonia for more than four decades -- filed a lawsuit against the Prince estate, believing they were trying to take her trademark name. A day ...

Apollonia Kotero at the 'Dead to Me' season 3 premiere in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 2022; Prince in 'Purple Rain' Patty "Apollonia" Kotero, who played Apollonia in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and ...

Apollonia filed a lawsuit against Prince’s estate over rights to her name after decades of using it without objection from the late artist. Patty Kotero is taking legal action against Prince’s estate ...

*Late music icon Prince allegedly wrote his hit song “When Doves Cry,” for Vanity 6/ Apollonia 6 member Susan Moonsie, I Love Old School Music reports. The outlet writes, “Susan was the ‘shy persona’ ...

Prince's estate is firing back at a lawsuit from Purple Rain co-star Apollonia Kotero, calling her claims "frivolous" and denying that it has ever tried to stop her from using the stage name that made ...