For more than four decades, Patty A. Kotero has been widely known — performing, acting, singing, and entertaining — as Apollonia. After Denise “Vanity” Matthews’ resignation from the girl group Vanity 6, Prince cast Apollonia as his love interest in 1984’s legendary Purple Rain and installed her as the leader of the group, which was rechristened Apollonia 6. Since 1983, she’s recorded under the Apollonia name, releasing Apollonia 6 in 1984 and Apollonia in 1988. Now, she’s in a battle for the trademark to her name that she says was promised by Prince long ago. She filed a lawsuit in US District Court for the Central District of California, claiming that she received trademarks for Apollonia 6, her trio produced by Prince.
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