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Lady Gaga Sued by Ex-Boyfriend

Posted by: Natasia Rose on March 19, 2010.

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03/19/2010- by Natasia Langfelder

Everyone’s favorite bisexual popstar, Lady Gaga, is being sued by ex-boyfriend, Rob Fusari. He is claiming that she has cheated him out of millions since he broke up with her.

Rob Fusari isn’t some loser that Gaga hooked up with at NYU. Fusari is a songwriter and producer. He co-wrote music for Destiny’s Child, ever heard of “Bootylicious”? Which lends his claims some validity.

Fusari is suing for $30 million. He is saying that he had a deal with Gaga that said he owned 20% of her company. He also says that creatively, he developed “guidette” Stefani Germanotta into the creative pop-powerhouse she has become. He also says that he came up with the name “Lady Gaga.”

Fusari’s lawyer, Robert Meloni, filed suit yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court, told reporters: “He discovered her. It was his songs and productions and connections that got her her first deal.”

The New York Post reports that Fusari, met Gaga when she was referred to him in 2006, when he was looking “for a dynamic female rock-’n'-roller.”

She took a bus to his Parsippany, NJ, recording studio, and when Fusari saw “the young Italian girl ‘guidette’ that arrived at his doorstep,” he was “worried that he’d made a mistake,” the suit says. But the pair worked together seven days a week and co-wrote her later hits “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich” and “Paparazzi.” Fusari said he played the Queen song “Radio Ga Ga” whenever she arrived at his studio, and “one day when Fusari addressed a cellphone text to Germanotta under the moniker ‘Radio Ga Ga’ his cellphone’s spell check converted ‘Radio’ to ‘Lady.’ Germanotta loved it and ‘Lady Gaga’ was born.”

Their relationship reached a “romantic level,” the suit says, and they formed a company with Lady Gaga’s dad that Fusari owns 20 percent of, the filing says.

Fusari “ended their romantic involvement” in early 2007.

He also says he hooked Lady Gaga up with Interscope Records, where she’s become a megastar. Fusari says he’s entitled to 15-20 percent of her earnings as a co-owner of her company, but has only received one proper check, for $209,000.

A rep for Gaga’s record company said she was on tour in Australia and could not be reached.

Usually, I would say this sounds like a case of a mad ex-boyfriend. The kind that have plagued successful women like Jennifer Lopez and Madonna with their unfounded claims that are desperate bids for attention. However, it seems like Fusari may have a legitimate claim. Let’s hope that Gaga and her ex can come to a settlement that leaves both parties satisfied. It’s always sad when people who used to share a romantic connection have to resort to getting the courts involved.

The New York Post has a picture of Gaga and her ex, check it out HERE