Madonna Files Emergency Order To Halt Auction Of Tupac Breakup Letter

Madonna will not allow anyone to get their hands on her letter from Tupac Shakur.

On Tuesday, the “Like a Virgin” singer filed for an emergency court order in New York for a temporary restraining order against the auction house Gotta Have It! Collectibles. Madonna wanted to stop the auction of the breakup letter her late ex Tupac Shakur wrote for her while he was in prison and other personal belongings, The Guardian reported.

READ: Tupac reveals reason he dumped Madonna in a breakup prison letter

In the court documents filed by the “La Isla Bonita” singer, she alleged that her former friend and art consultant Darlene Lutz “betrayed” her when she stole the memorabilia. Lutz “betrayed my trust in an outrageous effort to obtain my possessions without my knowledge or consent,” Madonna wrote.

Meanwhile, Gotta Have It! Collectibles and Lutz have since responded to her allegations, stating that they will challenge Madonna’s claims in the courtroom. The auction house released a statement to Reuters in response to Madonna’s effort to stop the auction. They deemed the singer’s attempt “completely baseless and meritless” and claimed that “her intent is nothing more than to besmirch the good reputations of the auction house and Ms. Lutz.”

Lutz apparently consigned to auction a number of items that the “Vogue” singer was not aware were no longer in her possession. The items that were supposed to be auctioned include a pair of underwear, several personal photos, an old checkbook and multiple controversial letters where Madonna reportedly called singer Whitney Houston and actress Sharon Stone “horribly mediocre.” The items also included Tupac’s letter, which suggested that he ended his romance with the “Like a Prayer” singer due to race.

Tupac’s breakup prison letter made headlines earlier this month because it highlighted the reason why he dumped Madonna. “For you to be seen with a black man wouldn’t in any way jeopardize your career – if anything it would make you seem that much more open and exciting,” the “All Eyez On Me” MC wrote, as per TMZ. “But for me, at least in my previous perception, I felt due to my ‘image,’ I would be letting down half of the people who made me what I thought I was. I never meant to hurt you.”

Meanwhile, in another letter addressed to “J,” which many believe to be actor John Enos whom the singer had a brief romance with, she wrote disparaging remarks against late singer Houston and Stone. “It’s so unequivocally frustrating to read that Whitney Houston has the music career I wish I had and Sharon Stone has the film career I’ll never have. Not because I want to be these women because I’d rather die, but they’re so horribly mediocre and they’re always being held up as paragons of virtue and some sort of measuring stick to humiliate me,” Madonna wrote.

Tupac’s breakup prison letter was expected to have a starting bid of $100,000 and fetch more. His last letter was sold at $170,000. Meanwhile, Madonna’s letter to “J” was deemed to fetch up to $5,000. The auction was slated to begin on July 19.

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