Lady Gaga Gets Sued For $30 Million By Ex-Boyfriend
By Travis Woods
Today in “Really? She was in a relationship?” news, an ex-boyfriend of Lady Gaga is suing the oddball popstar and “Poker Face” singer’s company for $30 million. The ex is Robert Fusari, a New Jersey record producer responsible for producing such horrors as “Wild Wild West” for Will Smith and “Bootylicious” for Destiny’s Child. According to the L.A. Times, Fusari claims he was unfairly cut out of Gaga’s merchandising and recording royalties.
His story goes like this, in 2006, Fusari was on the hunt in New York to find a “dynamic female rock-n-roller with garage band chops” to be the frontlady for a girl-group version of The Strokes, which led him to a performance of one Stefani Germanotta, the future Lady Gaga.
He then allegedly met with Germanotta at his studio, and “decided to invest all his time into making her a super star.” Further, Fusari claims he would often greet the singer with a version of Queen’s “Radio Gaga,” and that he once texted the song title to Germanotta—but his cell phone’s spell check somehow switched ‘radio’ to ‘lady.’ You figure that one out.
Eventually the relationship turned romantic before nosediving once Fusari realized he was not included in Gaga’s royalties. The singer’s camp has yet to comment. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to text every ex-girlfriend I’ve ever had a series of misspelled song titles and nicknames—one of ‘em is bound to strike gold. Ch-ching.
Do you think Fusari’s lawsuit has merit?
Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:21AM
lady who!? who gives a $^IT!
Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:38AM
I think the fact below this article right now, there's a link to another article that says "Lady Gaga Promotes Designer Condoms" proves that this article is truly hilarious .
Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:08PM
It is very unfortunate that this has to happen. Is there a contract that was broken? Thirty million dollars is a lot of money. So, for someone to be suing for this much, this person has to have done a lot of work for the singer. No one knows for sure what is going on here, but we will all find out soon!
Monday, March 29, 2010 2:03PM
I think shes in the spotlight not because she is being sued but because she was in a relationship with a male.