Kylie wants Wellington strip club poster removed

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HE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY: Garth Rosson from Santa Fe Dreamgirls with a letter from Kylie Minogue's solicitors and the offending poster. He says it's not the popstar in the picture.

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London lawyers for pop princess Kylie Minogue have demanded a Wellington strip club remove what it says is a picture of the singer from its window.
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Sheridans Solicitors said the image gave the "misleading impression" that Minogue endorsed, recommended or approved of Santa Fe Dreamgirls' services.

But owner Garth Rosson insists the image of a pouty vixen in a wet shirt is not Minogue and has challenged Sheridans to prove it. If it cannot, he plans to continue using the image to promote his club.

He said his designer downloaded the image from an internet site three months ago and used it for a window poster. It was not labelled as a photograph of Minogue and he said he could not see the resemblance.

"I'm not convinced, eh? What would a nice girl like Kylie be doing in a wet top like that?"

Minogue, 39, rose to fame in the 1980s as an actress in Neighbours before launching a pop career that has seen her sell about 40 million records.

She had surgery to remove a cancerous breast lump in May 2005 and has since resurrected a career built around provocative music videos and disco-pop.

Sheridans' letter, dated November 22, said Minogue had decided the club should be given three working days to remove the offending poster. There would be no further action if this was done.

By the time Mr Rosson received the letter this week, he had removed the poster from the Dixon St club, but is keen to put it back up.

He said he had emailed the image to Sheridans and would not display it again till the lawyers decided whether the image was fully or partly of Minogue.

"We wouldn't want to hassle Kylie, or upset her. Not at Christmas anyway."

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