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"Bono, the Mother Teresa of abandoned songs, compassionately continues arguing the case for every single idea that has ever experienced even the most transitory existence." -- Brian Eno |
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U2 Used Its Money to 'Steamroll' Me: Lola
Irish Independent,
December 31, 2006
Lola Cashman, the former U2 stylist who was at the centre of the "Stetsongate" case with U2, has accused the band of using its considerable financial muscle to silence her because of a fear that she might reveal intimate details of the group's life on tour.
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Independent, the first time she has spoken since losing her case in November, Lola talked of her belief that Bono did not pursue such a seemingly trivial case because he wanted his hat back, but because he was furious with her for writing a book about her time working with the band, Inside the Zoo With U2. She told the Sunday Independent that while she was once very close to Bono -- who will receive an honorary knighthood next month -- on a professional and personal level, she now sees him in a very different light since the court case. Said Lola: "He may be a big star, but everything else about him is little. "Bono did not go to court to get his Rattle and Hum hat back, he went because he was angry that I had written the book and had never let that go. It was all about the book. I think he is terribly insecure. "After the book, he was not my friend anymore and he morphed into Corporate Brand Bono," she claimed. Said Lola: "They feared the things I didn't say more than the things I did. Bono himself admitted in court that he had never been so close to any of his employees and it is true that I know a lot of personal information about the band that no one else would know. "But I know they were angry about even the small details I included in the book. I believe they were concerned that I might spill more details in the future and wanted to silence me. "The court case was a way to do it and they succeeded. They had the money and the power to steamroll over a small person like me and they did it," she said. Lola Cashman said she is facing bankruptcy in the New Year with legal costs of €300,000 and now has no credibility after losing her High Court case. "Let's face it, after this case, I have no credibility. I was called a liar and a thief and a traitor and a money-grabber," Ms. Cashman said. © Irish Independent, 2006.
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