The ongoing legal battle between Tekashi 6ix9ine and two robbery victims continued Thursday as the latter’s lawyers claimed that the rapper caused the victims “emotional distress” by “antagonizing” them in a new song. However, 6ix9ine’s legal team countered that this diss track is aimed at rapper Lil Durk, and not the two victims.
Lawyers for Seketha Wonzer and Kevin Dozier — who sued 6ix9ine over his involvement in a robbery carried out against them by members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in 2018 — continue to seek the...
Lawyers for Seketha Wonzer and Kevin Dozier — who sued 6ix9ine over his involvement in a robbery carried out against them by members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in 2018 — continue to seek the...
- 4/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Gaga attorney says agreement at center of suit was 'unlawful.'
By MTV News staff
Lady Gaga
Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images
An attorney for Lady Gaga has responded to the $30.5 million lawsuit filed against the singer by former collaborator Rob Fusari. The lawsuit alleges that Fusari discovered and nurtured Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) only to have her abandon him and cut him out of her lucrative recording career once she became successful.
In a court filing made public Friday, Charles Ortner, an attorney for Gaga, said the agreement at the center of the suit was "unlawful," according to The Associated Press.
In the suit, filed in New York Wednesday, Fusari claims he came up with Gaga's stage name (which she has credited him with) and helped her get a label deal; Fusari co-wrote and produced several songs from her 2008 debut LP, The Fame, including "Paparazzi." The suit also...
By MTV News staff
Lady Gaga
Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images
An attorney for Lady Gaga has responded to the $30.5 million lawsuit filed against the singer by former collaborator Rob Fusari. The lawsuit alleges that Fusari discovered and nurtured Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) only to have her abandon him and cut him out of her lucrative recording career once she became successful.
In a court filing made public Friday, Charles Ortner, an attorney for Gaga, said the agreement at the center of the suit was "unlawful," according to The Associated Press.
In the suit, filed in New York Wednesday, Fusari claims he came up with Gaga's stage name (which she has credited him with) and helped her get a label deal; Fusari co-wrote and produced several songs from her 2008 debut LP, The Fame, including "Paparazzi." The suit also...
- 3/20/2010
- MTV Music News
For being who she is right now, Lady GaGa has found herself in a face of a legal woe against a self-professed former boyfriend. A New Jersey-based songwriter and music producer by the name of Rob Fusari has sued the 23-year-old for $30 million dollars, claiming that he has the credit for "discovering" her and creating her stage name.
In his lawsuit filed on Wednesday, March 17 in New York Superior Court, Fusari recalled that he was introduced to GaGa, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, in 2006 by a friend who knew he was looking for a female rocker with "garage band chops." Although he initially thought "was worried that he had made a mistake," he realized she had star potential after hearing her play in his studio.
The producer who worked on Will Smith's "Wild, Wild West" and Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious" contended he then convinced her to add dance...
In his lawsuit filed on Wednesday, March 17 in New York Superior Court, Fusari recalled that he was introduced to GaGa, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, in 2006 by a friend who knew he was looking for a female rocker with "garage band chops." Although he initially thought "was worried that he had made a mistake," he realized she had star potential after hearing her play in his studio.
The producer who worked on Will Smith's "Wild, Wild West" and Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious" contended he then convinced her to add dance...
- 3/19/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
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