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Santigold could still be sued over old stage name
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 18 February 2009
Santogold could still be sued over her name, despite her recently changing it to Santigold. As previously reported, the ‘LES Artistes’ singer recently announced she was changing her stage name to Santigold, which actually makes it more like her real name Santi White.
She gave no reason for the change at the time, but it was assumed the decision was related to legal action taken by actor Santo Rigatuso, who has used the stage name Santo Gold since the early eighties. Despite the singing Santogold changing her performing name, legal reps for the acting Santo Gold have said that their litigation against the singer is still “ongoing”.
Lawyer Jill L Abitol told reporters yesterday that the name change had not been the result of any negotiations between the singer and the actor so changed nothing, adding that the fact White had decided to change her name now implied she had been previously infringing Rigatuso’s name.
