Judge tosses Madonna lawsuit over 2Pac handwritten letter

A judge has tossed aside a lawsuit filed by Madonna to stop the auction of a letter that the late rapper Tupac Shakur wrote to her from prison in 1995.

The two had dated briefly in the early ‘90s and he was breaking off their relationship.

In the handwritten letter, the rap pioneer explained that he was calling it quits because she was white and it would affect his career.

The singing superstar tried to block the auction, saying the letter was “intensely personal” and had been stolen by her one-time friend Darlene Lutz.

Madonna claimed that all the other items up for auction on gottahaverockandroll.com – which also included photos, a chequebook and a pair of worn undies – had also been stolen.

These were put up for sale last year by the auction house and the Tupac letter drew bids of up to $100,000.

They were pulled off when Madonna initiated the lawsuit but will now go back for sale in July.

“It’s a clear-cut victory for us,” gottahaverockandroll.com co-owner Ed Kosinski said.

Justice Gerald Lebovitz said that in 2004, Madonna and Lutz had come to an agreement to give up her rights to the items and she would not sue if they were put on sale.

He also ruled that she waited too long to sue over her missing possessions.

In his findings he stated, “[Madonna] knew that throughout her relationship with Lutz, Lutz was in possession of various pieces of [her] personal property.

“Yet before this action began, the plaintiff did not make any demand to return her possessions.”

Lutz’s attorney, Judd Grossman, called the verdict a “complete win” for his client.

“From day one it was clear that this case should never have been filed and that Madonna did so solely to exact personal revenge on an old foe,” Grossman said.