The lawsuit comes from French video artist Orlan (Mireille Porte), who is claiming that the strange lumps on Gaga’s face in the “Born This Way” video and single cover were an idea taken from her – because of this, she is asking for a hefty
$31.7 million of the profits from the 2011 album.
The lawsuit was originally filed in Paris in 2013, but the papers were officially filed in the U.S earlier this week.
Gaga’s representatives, however, have countered that “This is nothing but an attempt by the plaintiff to generate US press coverage around a meritless case that was filed in France several years ago.”
Miss Porte uses the prostetics in her face regularly:
