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EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Woman Who 'Discovered' Lady Gaga Suing For Her Share


Posted on Sep 28, 2010 @ 03:15PM - 4 comments

Lady Gaga’s ex-boyfriend and former producer has been slapped with a civil lawsuit by a woman who claims she discovered the pop icon.

EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: See Wendy Starland’s Lawsuit Against Rob Fusari

Singer-songwriter Wendy Starland alleges that while collaborating with Rob Fusari in 2005, she was told to find “a unique female singer, under the age of 25, who could be the female equivalent of the lead singer of the band ‘The Strokes.’”

Lady Gaga’s ex-boyfriend and former producer has been slapped with a civil lawsuit by a woman who claims she discovered the pop icon.

EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: See Wendy Starland’s Lawsuit Against Rob Fusari

Singer-songwriter Wendy Starland alleges that while collaborating with Rob Fusari in 2005, she was told to find “a unique female singer, under the age of 25, who could be the female equivalent of the lead singer of the band ‘The Strokes.’”

According to the documents, Starland entered into an oral agreement with Fusari for an equal share “in any revenues earned as a result” in finding such a talent.

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Enter Lady Gaga, at the time known by her birth name Stefani Germanotta.

Starland claims she discovered Gaga in March of 2006 during a performance at The Cutting Room in New York City and introduced her to Fusari which resulted in the two pursuing a record contract together – and a romantic relationship.

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EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Lady Gaga Dropped


Posted on Sep 11, 2010 @ 09:00AM - 3 comments

Lady Gaga’s bad romance with an ex lover and disgruntled music producer is over.

Songwriter and music producer Rob Fusari — who claims he helped launch Lady Gaga's career — dropped a $30.5 million lawsuit against the pop superstar, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Lady Gaga’s bad romance with an ex lover and disgruntled music producer is over.

Songwriter and music producer Rob Fusari — who claims he helped launch Lady Gaga's career — dropped a $30.5 million lawsuit against the pop superstar, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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In turn, the Grammy Award-winning Poker Face singer called off her dueling lawsuit against him, which was filed in March.

Read the court papers here.

It’s unclear if the pair struck a monetary settlement as part of the apparent peace deal, but Fusari had previously alleged he was denied a 20 percent share of her song royalties.

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EXCLUSIVE: New Book Claims Lady Gaga Had Affair With Former Producer While He Was Engaged


Posted on Sep 10, 2010 @ 01:30PM - Add a comment

It turns out Lady Gaga’s love life is just as controversial as her outrageous stage costumes.

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It turns out Lady Gaga’s love life is just as controversial as her outrageous stage costumes.

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The blockbuster biography Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga – set to release next week – details a romantic relationship Gaga had with her former producer Rob Fusari and RadarOnline.com has all the exclusive details.

According to the book authored by Maureen Callahan, Fusari pressured Gaga into having a relationship with him even though he was living with his fiancé at the time.

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Friends of Gaga are quoted in the book saying Fusari took advantage of her and she eventually fell in love with him.

The couple has since broken up and Fusari has slapped Gaga with a $30.5 million lawsuit, claiming he gave her the name Lady Gaga and owns a 20 percent share of her career.

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Fusari was the co-executive producer on Gaga’s debut album The Fame and co-wrote four songs including the smash hit Paparazzi.

Also exposed in the book is the revelation that Gaga’s father Joe Germanotta is half-owner in her business.

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Industry executives and lawyers interviewed in the biography say it is almost unheard of for an artist to share half their business with anyone and that Gaga often gets into arguments with her father over her frivolous spending.

When contacted by RadarOnline.com, Gaga’s rep and father were unavailable for comment.

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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Lady Gaga Before She Was Famous


Posted on Apr 28, 2010 @ 04:23PM - 8 comments
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Before Lady Gaga skyrocketed to fame with her first single, the pop hit, Just Dance, she was known as a shy, metal loving go-go dancer - and RadarOnline.com can bring you the never before seen photos.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Lady Gaga Before She Was Famous

In the pictures Gaga (who was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) is seen go-go dancing at New York’s Club Le Royal and at The Beauty Bar back in 2007.

Barely recognizable with her brown hair, Gaga was more into metal than the dance music she is now known for.

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A source who knew her back in those days tells RadarOnline.com, “Stefani loved Motley Crue, she always asked for them whenever she requested songs from the DJ.

“She was really into her metal music and she always wore her black leather jacket -  back in those days I always thought of her as a quiet metal girl, she never really had much of a personality, I had no idea she would transform into this outrageous dance music mega-star.

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“She was always out, always partying on the lower east side, at St. Jerome’s pub, Le Royale – there was a party called rated X on Saturday nights and she was always there. But she pretty much kept herself to herself, hanging with a tight circle of friends and dancing.

“I know her ex boyfriend, he’s a music producer called Rob Fusari. Things ended on bad terms between the two of them, really bad – he’s suing her for $35million – you don’t get much worse than that!

“Rob claims that he came up with the name Lady Gaga and that he talked her into performing dance music instead of metal and he basically takes credit for her success and fame, but at the end of the day she’s the one out there, she’s the one making it work, she’s the one with the talent.

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“I last saw her towards the end of 2008 at St. Jerome’s, her debut album had dropped and was becoming huge and she looked totally different, she had the blonde hair and was dressed totally differently to how she used to dress, she had become Lady Gaga and left quiet, shy Stefani behind.”

Well one thing hasn’t changed from those days – her rockin’ body!

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Lady Gaga Sued For $35 Million


Posted on Mar 19, 2010 @ 11:30AM - 4 comments
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Lady Gaga is being sued in $35 million lawsuit by a furious record producer who claims that he co-wrote her songs, came-up with her stage name and secured her record deal, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Rob Fusari filed the suit in Manhatten and he has credits on hits such as Will Smith's Wild, Wild West and Destiny's Child's Bootylicious.

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A friend introduced Gaga, then known by her real name, Stefani Germanotta, to him in March 2006, according to his lawsuit.

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