Lady Gaga is alleging that ex-boyfriend/ music producer and songwriter Rob Fusari filed an “unlawful” suit. Fusari, lawsuit-filing-son-of-a-bish, is claiming that he co-wrote some of her songs including Paparazzi and Beautiful Dirty Rich, chose her stage name, and helped her get a record deal. Reading the available deets about the case, one very much gets the feeling that this is a Bitter Betty trying to embarrass their ex, after being ditched when fame came calling.
Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million. Her lawyer said in a court filing made public Friday the agreement at the heart of the suit was “unlawful.”
Lady Gaga and Fusari’s relationship turned romantic and then became a business partnership in May 2006, when they created a joint venture called Team Love Child LLC to promote her career. Fusari’s share was 20 percent. But Lady Gaga’s lawyer Charles Ortner wrote in his response that the arrangement was “structured in such a way as to mask its true purpose – to provide to the defendants unlawful compensation for their services as unlicensed employment agents.” [The Huffington Post]
This case could end up getting nasty. I got some popcorn. Pull up a chair.
Pictures of Gaga on stage, March 1, 2010 at The SECC in Glasgow, Scotland.
Image credit to Barcroft/Fame Pictures. Story EW, The Huffington Post.
Sad to say, but GaGa will not win this one.
She filed a counter suit… we shall see.