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U2 Wins Souvenir Suit
U2 has finally found what it's been looking for—a court victory.
The Irish rockers triumphed in their long-running legal battle with a former stylist over allegedly stolen memorabilia, including the Stetson Bono sported onstage and on the cover of Rattle and Hum.
Dublin's High Court ruled Wednesday that Lola Cashman must return the items, which the band claimed she had pilfered nearly two decades ago.
Cashman worked for U2 during the band's ascendance to superstardom in the late 1980s with the Joshua Tree album and tour, and she said she came up with the band's look. She argued that once the trek was over, the group presented her with several souvenirs as gifts, including a pair of metal hoop earrings, a green sweatshirt, a pair of black trousers, a videotape and monitor, rosary beads, two mugs, Polaroid photographs, a Christmas decoration and a photocopy of a handwritten U2 playlist.
Last year, an Irish district court sided with U2's attorneys, who said the band fiercely guarded such keepsakes, and rejected Cashman's claim, ordering her to give back the mementos. The initial trial was highlighted by testimony from Bono saying the band rarely gave away its knicknacks, except for charity auctions or for exhibits in places like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cashman appealed to the High Court. During hearings last month, Bono again took the stand and denied that Cashman defined the band's Joshua Tree look, but did say she was good at her job.
"She had a very good eye, but it was very clear that she wasn't good in dealing with personal relationships," the Nobel Peace Prize nominee said, adding that the Stetson was his long before Cashman joined U2's 150-person crew.
"It was eccentric behavior," he continued. "She wore my clothes all the time and the other band members' clothes. We went a very great distance to keep Lola Cashman, because she was very good at her job."
Ultimately, Judge Michael Peart agreed. According to the London Times, he issued a 38-page ruling Wednesday upholding the lower court ruling.
While the judge ordered her to return all the items to the band, he did allow her to keep a pair of black Converse All Star high-tops that were given to her by drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
U2's attorneys said the band first became aware that Cashman had the items in 1992, after an employee paid a visit to her apartment to pick up some video equipment. But the group didn't take legal action until she attempted to sell the cache at a Christie's auction in 2002.
Cashman, in turn, claimed the band was seeking retribution in the wake of her unauthorized 2003 tell-all, Inside the Zoo with U2.
Neither band members nor Cashman were in court for the ruling. U2 is currently on tour in Australia, playing a series of concert dates that were postponed earlier this year.
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