POP/ROCK - April 28, 1993
Court Decision: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Monday that 25 anatomically precise statues of rock star penises are the property of Cynthia Plaster Caster, the legendary Chicago groupie artist who created the works in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. Plaster Caster filed a lawsuit 19 months ago to recover the two dozen casts--which include phallic replicas of guitar hero Jimi Hendrix and Broadway singer and songwriter Anthony Newley--from Los Angeles entrepreneur Herb Cohen, who has refused to return them for more than 20 years.
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