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Prince Sued By Friend
Wed Apr 24, 4:57 PM ET

(4/24/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Prince and his Paisley Park Enterprises are the subject of a defamation lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend, Charlene Friend, in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (April 19).


The plaintiff, Friend, was "romantically involved" with Prince in 1991, and was the recipient of several gifts from the singer, including a jacket worn by him in a 1991 concert, an audiocassette, a Christmas card, a comic book, and the video Gett Off, according to court papers. Friend claims in the suit that she retained ownership of the items after the couple "discontinued their relationship," and that Prince had never requested that she return the items.

About 10 years later, in August of 2001, Friend decided to sell the items because they "no longer had any sentimental value to her." Friend contacted the Fine Arts Brokerage Service (fineartsbrokerage.com) and had the company put the items up for auction.

The following month, Darren Julian, senior vice president at Fine Arts, received a letter from an attorney representing Prince and Paisley Park Enterprises. The letter claimed that the items put up for bid by Friend were "acquired by fraud and/or theft" from Prince, according to the suit. In addition, the letter threatened legal action against the plaintiff and Fine Arts if the items were not removed from the auction site immediately. After receiving the letter, Fine Arts pulled the items from the auction.

Friend claims that the letter contained defamatory allegations, saying in the court papers that she has been "branded as a thief" and has lost the ability to sell any items other than those that she can verify that she legally owns. In addition to her defamation complaint, Friend is also claiming that the defendants interfered with her existing contract with Fine Arts, and that she suffered both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress as a result of the defendants' actions.

Prince is currently married to former Paisley Park employee Manuela Testolini, according to published reports.

-- Jason Gelman, New York

LOL -- that "Friend" chick's last name should be "fiend".

Sounds pretty silly. If Prince did give her all that stuff he sure does have an EGO problem!

It probably went something like this-

Prince: "Hi, honey I got you something."

Friend: "Oh that's sweet, what is it?"

Prince:"Well, it's MY jacket that has touched MY skin, an audiocassette of MY new songs and of course a video of ME."

Friend: "Uh, betcha by golly wow, how thoughtful of you."

Prince: "Yea I guess you really do love me 4 ME as much as I love me 4 ME!"

Moral of the story: You never TRULY know the person you are laying the lumber to!!

A Friend as such doesn't need a enemy. If that's all she received out of the "Friendship", why bother? 10yrs.ago, Miss Friend should have known then, " Prince isn't the one to tick off,"bluv.