While the estate asserts ownership over "Apollonia," they insist they never told the former Prince muse "to cease using" it ...

Patty Kotero, known as Apollonia, has formally asked a federal judge to confirm her rights to the name she’s used ...

American singer-songwriter and actress Patricia Apollonia Kotero is commonly known as Apollonia Kotero or just Apollonia.

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 19, the actress, whose full name is ...

Patricia “Apollonia” Kotero has filed a lawsuit against Prince’s estate after she claims the estate moved to trademark the ...

Apollonia, best known as a singer-actor-model and Prince protege who co-starred in the 1984 film “Purple Rain,” has taken the ...

Prince’s estate has fired back at claims that it’s trying to steal the name of Purple Rain co-star Apollonia, calling the lawsuit “frivolous." ...

Prince ’s estate wasted no time in responding to Apollonia ’s allegations that they’re “attempting to steal her name,” ...

The estate reportedly argues that Kotero surrendered rights to “Apollonia” when she signed her Purple Rain contract in the ...

Prince ’s estate has responded to a lawsuit filed by Patty “Apollonia” Kotero in which she said the corporation was ...

Actress, singer and former Prince confidante Patty Kotero, better known as Apollonia, sued the late rock star's estate in ...

Apollonia filed a new lawsuit Tuesday that alleges Prince’s estate, Paisley Park Enterprises, is “attempting to steal” her name.