Apollonia is challenging Prince’s estate over the use of her stage name and trademarks, claiming the late musician supported ...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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 ...

The model and actress of the stage name filed a new motion in her lawsuit against his estate Jan. 16, claiming the entity is ...

More than 40 years ago, Apollonia Kotero met Prince when she auditioned to play his love interest in 1984’s Purple Rain. She landed the part, and he named the character in the semi-autobiographical ...

In a new court filing, Apollonia claims that two months before Prince's overdose death, he was "adamant" she should keep ...

It’s one of the most iconic moments in Purple Rain: Apollonia strips down and steps into the waters of Lake Minnetonka, told by Prince’s character that she must “purify herself” before joining his ...

Prince’s estate has firmly rejected allegations from Apollonia Kotero that it is attempting to take control of her name, calling her lawsuit “frivolous” and predicting it will fail, Parade reports.

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 ...