Lady Gaga Strikes Back, Sues “Predatory” Ex-Boyfriend
10:58 am, March 20th, 2010
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On the heels of Lady Gaga’s ex-boyfriend and producer, Rob Fusari, filing a $30.5 million lawsuit that alleges he came up with her stage name and co-wrote some songs, including “Paparazzi,” only to be dumped when she became famous – the performer has fired back in court.
According to papers filed in a New York court yesterday, Lady Gaga claims Fusari tricked her into signing an illegal contract, which wasn’t valid because he wasn’t a licensed agent.
Gaga’s lawsuit says the deal between her and Fusari “was structured in such a way as to mask its true purpose – to provide the defendants unlawful compensation for their services as unlicensed employment agents.”
In addition to wanting Fusari’s case tossed out, Lady Gaga – born Stefani Germanotta – is seeking to have her ex pay damages for allegedly taking advantage of an “inexperienced performing artist.”
Lady Gaga’s lawsuit further contends that the contract between her and Fusari was “an unlawful arrangement,” because he made her sign a deal that secured him rights to her future earnings, a move her team deemed “predatory and financially abusive.”
Fusari’s attorney was quoted as saying – in response to Lady Gaga’s suit – that his client “was no more of an ‘agent’ for her than she is a Roman Catholic nun.”
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