MADONNA attempted on Tuesday to stop an upcoming auction of a prison break-up letter from rapper Tupac Shakur and a note in which she called singer Whitney Houston and actress Sharon Stone "horribly mediocre."
The "Rebel Heart" singer filed a request in New York Supreme Court for a temporary restraining order against New York auction house Gotta Have It Collectibles to halt the sale, due to start on Wednesday.
Madonna said in court documents that she was not aware until reading press reports that many of the items listed for auction, including the letter from her former boyfriend Shakur, were no longer in her possession.
The items were consigned to auction by Darlene Lutz, whom Madonna described in court documents as a former friend and art consultant and said she had "betrayed my trust in an outrageous effort to obtain my possessions without my knowledge or consent."
A representative for the auction house and Lutz said in an emailed statement that Madonna's effort to stop the sale was "a completely baseless and meritless action," and they would challenge her claims in court.
“We believe that her intent is nothing more than to besmirch the good reputations of the auction house and Ms Lutz," the statement said.
In a letter dated January 1995 and written to Madonna by Shakur while he was in prison for sexual assault, the rapper said he ended their romance because he felt that dating a white woman could jeopardise his career.
"I felt due to my 'image' I would be letting down half of the people who made me what I thought I was. I never meant to hurt you," he said. Shakur was killed at age 25 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996.
Also among the 20 items Madonna is seeking to remove from sale are a pair of her panties, an old checkbook, a hairbrush and personal photos.
In another letter from the early 1990s, Madonna voiced her frustration at not having a music career like Houston or film career like Stone.
"Not because I want to be these women - because I'd rather die, but they're so horribly mediocre and they're always being held up as paragons of virtue (or) some sort of measuring stick to humiliate me," she said in the letter.
Houston drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in 2012.
Stone said in a Facebook post last week that she is friends with Madonna, adding: "I love and adore you; won't be pitted against you by any invasion of our personal journeys."
Reuters
Wed Jul 19 2017
Madonna said in court documents that she was not aware until reading press reports that many of the items listed for auction. - REUTERS pic
Enam ekor lembu mati dipercayai dibaham harimau belang
Seorang penternak terpaksa menanggung kerugian kira-kira RM10,000 apabila enam ekor lembu peliharaannya mati dipercayai dibaham harimau belang.
AWANI Borneo [20/04/2024] - Tekad MADANI | Pusat aktiviti warga emas | Risiko habuk Gunung Ruang
Laporan berita padat dan ringkas dari Borneo bersama Assim Hassan;
#AWANIBorneo 20 April 2024
Rumit, tapi Anwar yakin miskin tegar di Sabah boleh disifarkan
Nancy kecewa tak ramai berminat tubuh PAWE di Sarawak
Jangan ambil ringan jika ada masalah pernafasan, ia mungkin angkara debu Gunung Ruang
#AWANIBorneo 20 April 2024
Rumit, tapi Anwar yakin miskin tegar di Sabah boleh disifarkan
Nancy kecewa tak ramai berminat tubuh PAWE di Sarawak
Jangan ambil ringan jika ada masalah pernafasan, ia mungkin angkara debu Gunung Ruang
PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu: Gerakan umum akan bertanding
Gerakan sebulat suara memutuskan untuk bertanding di Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Kuala Kubu Bharu yang bakal berlangsung pada 11 Mei depan.
Kerajaan diminta segera buka jalan Serudung-Simanggaris
Naib Pengerusi GRS Tan Sri iew Yun Fah menganggap pembukaan jalan sempadan antarta Serudung, Kalabakan dan Semanggris, Indonesia akan memeri limpahan rezeki kepada penduduk Sabah.
#AWANIBorneo
#AWANIBorneo
MOTS bekerjasama dengan pelbagai agensi selesaikan kes penumpang terkandas
Kementerian pengangkutan Sarawak (MOTS) akan terus bekerjasama dengan beberapa agensi dalam menyelesaikanisu penumpang terkandas akibat pembatalan penerbangan.
#AWANIBorneo
#AWANIBorneo
Letusan Gunung Ruang: Penduduk bergejala pernafasan diminta dapatkan rawatan segera
Pengarah JKNS Datuk Dr, Asits Sanna meminta orang ramai yang memiliki tanda dan gejala pernafasan agar segera mendapatkan rawatan kerana dibimbangi tersedut debu Gunung Berapi Ruang.
#AWANIBorneo
#AWANIBorneo
Komuniti di Sarawak digalakkan mohon tubuh PAWE - Nancy
Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri berkata buat masa ini, Sarawak hanya mempunyai 13 PAWE dan jumlah itu tidak mencukupi bagi sebuah negeri yang besar.
#AWANIBorneo
#AWANIBorneo
Kanak-kanak dua tahun lemas dalam tasik berhampiran masjid
Mangsa terjatuh ke dalam tasik berdasarkan maklumat diperoleh daripada keluarga mangsa yang berada di masjid itu untuk menunaikan solat Zuhur.
Pusat Jantung Negara akan diwujudkan di Sabah dengan peruntukan segera RM80 juta - PM
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengumumkan peruntukan segera RM80 juta bagi menaik taraf Hospital Queen Elizabeth II kepada Hospital Pakar Jantung.
#AWANIBorneo
#AWANIBorneo
Ekonomi Sabah di landasan tepat - Hajiji
Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor menyifatkan GRS berjaya meletakkan Sabah di landasan betul dengan pertumbuhan positif ekonomi negeri itu sejak tiga tahun lalu.
#AWANIBorneo
#AWANIBorneo
Cermin mata milik Mahathma Gandhi dijual pada harga RM1.4 juta
Individu yang memiliki cermin mata itu meninggalkannya dalam sampul surat yang diserahkan kepada pelelong tempatan di Bristol, England.