Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apollonia, best known as a singer-actor-model and Prince protege who co-starred in the 1984 film “Purple Rain,” has taken the late ...

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 ...

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, ...

Patty Kotero, known as Apollonia, has formally asked a federal judge to confirm her rights to the name she’s used professionally for decades. Actress and singer Patty Kotero, better known as Apollonia ...

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 ...

Be careful if Prince bestowed a stage name on you because his estate might claim that it owns the rights — even some 40 years later. That is the crux of a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Patty A. Kotero, ...

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 ...

Looks like Apollonia is gearing up to fight for the right to continue using her iconic stage name. In her complaint, the 66-year-old actress and singer argues Prince not only encouraged her to embrace ...

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 ...

Prince’s “Purple Rain” co-star is taking the late music icon’s estate to court. According to the former Prince protégé, Paisley Park Enterprises is trying to steal the name and trademarks she has been ...

Apollonia, best known as a singer-actor-model and Prince protege who co-starred in the 1984 film "Purple Rain," has taken the late singer's estate to court over its attempts to cancel her trademarks ...

Apollonia says Prince never meant to cause her any sorrow, so his estate shouldn’t either. In a new declaration filed in her federal court lawsuit on Friday, the model and actress known as Apollonia ...