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

In her 14-page complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles and obtained by Rolling Stone , Apollonia, whose real name is Patricia Apollonia Kotero, says she “famously starred” as the character Apollonia, Prince’s love interest, in his classic film Purple Rain . After that, Kotero claims he never demanded that she cease using the name Apollonia and never “contended that the name did not belong to her either personally or professionally.”

“In fact, Prince himself consented to and encouraged Apollonia in her professional endeavors as ‘Apollonia,'” the lawsuit alleges. “If ever the fundamental principles of fairness

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