A NY state judge on Thursday said an online auction of Madonna’s personal items including worn satin panties, a hair brush with her hair, and a break-up letter from a former boyfriend, late rapper Tupac Shakur, can not go forward.
On July 18, a judge temporarily blocked the auction of nearly 100 of Madonna’s things from Gotta Have Rock and Roll and Lutz, and he scheduled a formal hearing of the case for September 6.
Madonna accused women named Darlene Lutz for consigning her items from auction behind her when she was not present in the house. Collectibles, a NY auction house for pop culture memorabilia, after Madonna filed for an emergency court order, The Associated Press reported.
“I was friends with Plaintiff Madonna Ciccone and worked as an independent art adviser, helping her build her art collection, from about 1983 to 2004″, said Lutz in court documents.
The forthcoming auction of Madonna a Popstar personal items was halted on Tuesday by the judge.
Lutz’s lawyers said in another filing that Madonna had waited too long to sue, and Lebovits should vacate his order.
“There is no prejudice to Ms. Lutz or to the auction house, because if anything the property will increase in value if the court finds for Ms. Lutz”, the judge added.
Madonna is seeking to stop the sale of the belongings in the bidding display.
In the same letter, Shakur talked about how it wouldn’t hurt her career – and would likely enhance it – if she were seen with a black man.
“Madonna conveniently omits that she had sent her “under-wear” with a handwritten note to a former love interest “as you requested” ‘for love & luck, ‘” the lawyers wrote, referring to Lutz.
“The fact that I have attained celebrity status as a result of success in my career does not obviate my right to maintain my privacy, including with regard to highly personal items”, Madonna said in court papers obtained by the Associated Press. It was expected to fetch as much as $400,000 if it had been allowed to go on sale. “I understand that my DNA could be extracted from a piece of my hair”.
The auction also included a personal letter that Madonna wrote to her former lover John Enos. “It is outrageous and grossly offensive that my DNA could be auctioned for sale to the general public”.