U2 have won their legal contest against their former stylist Lola Cashman. As previously reported, the band originally sued for the return of a number of items they claimed the stylist had stolen from them back in 1987, and which Cashman claimed to have been given as gifts at that time by the band's frontman, Bono.
The latest court battle is the result of Cashman's appeal against the original ruling that the items must be given back to the rock group. The items, valued at no more than £3400, included Bono's iconic Stetson hat, some metal hoop earrings, a pair of black trousers, and hundreds of photographs. During the course of the appeal hearing, Cashman claimed that Bono was running around in his underwear backstage on the last night of the tour, when she asked him if she could have the hat, whereupon he "plonked" it on her head.
Responding to the ruling, Cashman told CMU: "I am obviously disappointed with this verdict. It seems that in this day and age the cult of celebrity has a far greater bearing on the outcome of a court case than the facts presented. I have not yet had sufficient time to fully digest the consequences of this decision. As and when I have I will make a further statement".