U2 Sues Ex-Stylist
U2 Sues Ex-Stylist Over Auction Items
U2 Goes to Court to Reclaim Items From Ex-Stylist Who Tried to Auction Them
U2 vocalist Bono arrives at the Circuit Civil Court, Dublin, Tuesday June 28 2005. The Dublin group are taking proceedings against the band's former stylist Lola Cashman to recover rock memorabilia which they claim she wrongly took while she was working with them on their enormously successfully Joshua Tree tour in 1987 (AP Photo/Cathal McNaughton/PA)
The Associated PressThe Associated Press
DUBLIN, Ireland Jun 28, 2005 — Bono wants his hat back. And his earrings. His sweat shirt, too. Dublin-based rock band U2 went to court Tuesday to recover items from former stylist Lola Cashman, who has a range of memorabilia from her work on their 1987 Joshua Tree world tour.
In 2002, Cashman tried to sell some of the items including a cowboy hat, sweat shirt, pants and earrings worn by Bono at a London auction house. U2's lawyers stopped the sale by telling auctioneers the goods weren't Cashman's to sell.
On Tuesday, lawyer Paul Sreenan told Dublin Circuit Court Judge Matthew Deery that Bono and other members of U2 would testify that they hadn't given any of the items to Cashman, who was also accused of claiming inappropriate expenses during the tour.
Sreenan said the band hoped the judge would issue a judgment that Cashman should not continue to possess or try to sell any of the materials in dispute, including about 200 photos of the tour.
U2 completed a three-night concert stand Monday night in their hometown with an 80,000-seat sellout performance at the city's Croke Park stadium. They are to take part in the Live 8 concerts on Saturday, playing in the London event in Hyde Park.
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