Elton John’s ex-wife Renate Blauel launches injunction bid over his autobiography
SIR Elton John’s ex-wife Renate Blauel has launched legal action against him after several mentions of her in his autobiography.
The former sound engineer has applied for a high court injunction.
The Sun understands Renate, 67, and the Bennie And The Jets singer, 73, agreed on what would be in the book after she reminded him he had signed a non-disclosure agreement after their split in the 1980s.
Lawyers thrashed out a deal over what could and could not be included but now German Renate is seeking an official ruling. An injunction is often taken to prevent publication of material.
Renate’s lawyer refused to explain why she now felt the need to seek an injunction after decades of silence — but said she was “hoping to resolve it amicably”.
Mentions of Renate were noticeably scarce in the 2019 book Me: Elton John, which is thought to have made the singer as much as £10million.
In one chapter about their wedding night, Sir Elton says: “At this point, I should say that Renate and I agreed when we divorced that we would never publicly discuss the intimate details of our marriage. And I am respecting that. The truth is, I don’t have anything bad to say about Renate at all. Nor does anyone else who met her.”
The pair married in 1984 while on tour in Australia and divorced in 1988.
Sir Elton, real name Reginald Dwight, later announced he was gay and went on to meet future husband, David Furnish, 57, and have children.
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