Bono has been back at the High Court in Dublin this week to testify at an appeal launched by former U2 stylist Lola Cashman to keep items she claimed were given to her by the band. As previously reported, Bono successfully sued Cashman for the return of those items, which included the frontman's iconic Stetson hat as worn on the cover of the 'Rattle And Hum' album, back in 2005.
In court this week, Bono praised Cashman's work with the band, but, describing the case as futile and embarrassing, claimed she had taken "unprofessional" advantage of her time with the band. "We have tried to avoid this bizarre situation for many years," he said. "She likes this. We don't. There isn't much of a case here from our point of view. It's our stuff, she has it, and a lot more beside. We want our stuff back. We want her to stop selling it."
Cashman, of course, maintains that the items, with an estimated value of around £3,500, were given to her back in 1987. The fact that she was in possession of them came to light when she tried to sell some of them at Christie's in 2002. She now says that letters sent by U2's lawyers sent to the auction house on that occasion, demanding their return, were defamatory.
The case, as they say, continues.