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Celeb News: Gaga drags former assistant in court
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Gaga drags former assistant in court
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Lady Gaga rants under oath in pay battle with former personal assistant
By BRUCE GOLDING
Last Updated: 7:46 AM, February 1, 2013
Posted: 12:24 AM, February 1, 2013
EXCLUSIVE
She really is “The Fame Monster.”
Lady Gaga unloaded on a former personal assistant who’s suing her for overtime pay — blasting the woman in a sworn deposition as a “f--king hood rat who is suing me for money that she didn’t earn.”
“She’s just — she thinks she’s just like the queen of the universe,” Gaga ranted, court records obtained by The Post show.
“And, you know what, she didn’t want to be a slave to one, because in my work and what I do, I’m the queen of the universe every day.”
The “Born This Way” singer couldn’t maintain her poker face, either, shooting a nasty aside at ex-aide Jennifer O’Neill near the start of Gaga’s marathon, six-hour testimony in a Midtown Manhattan law office.
WELL HEELED: Lady Gaga walks in Paris with then-assistant Jennifer O’Neill, who is now suing the star, claiming to have been stiffed on overtime pay.
“Are you going to stare at me like a witch this whole time — honestly?” Gaga asked.
“Because this is going to be a long f--k ng day that you brought me here.”
Gaga even had some choice words for one of O’Neill’s lawyers, Paul Millus, at one point answering him: “No, no, no. Listen, listen, sir, if you’re going to ask me questions for the next five hours, I am going to tell you exactly what f--king happened, so that the judge can read on this transcript exactly what’s going on.”
Gaga’s foulmouthed assertions came in response to a 2011 suit filed in Manhattan federal court by O’Neill, who claims she’s owed overtime for serving at Gaga’s “beck and call” around the clock while the singer’s career skyrocketed between early 2009 and March 2011.
O’Neill says she put in 7,168 hours of unpaid overtime during two stints working for Gaga — who’s listed in the suit under her real name, Stefani Germanotta — and is owed more than $393,000, plus damages.
During her videotaped Aug. 6 deposition, Gaga said none of her employees get paid overtime, adding that O’Neill “knew exactly what she was getting into, and she knew there was no overtime, and I never paid her overtime the first time I hired her, so why would she be paid overtime the second time?”
“This whole case is bulls--t, and you know it,” she added.
But under questioning, she conceded her decision not to pay overtime wasn’t based on labor laws, but is “actually based on a bubbly, good heart.”
“I’m quite wonderful to everybody that works for me, and I am completely aghast to what a disgusting human being that you have become to sue me like this,” she said.
“Because she slept in Egyptian cotton sheets every night, in five-star hotels, on private planes, eating caviar, partying with [photographer] Terry Richardson all night, wearing my clothes, asking YSL [Yves Saint Laurent] to send her free shoes without my permission, using my YSL discount without my permission.”
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SOURCE: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...GtF2mtKX1whpPN
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Lady Gaga @ladygaga
Everyone's headlines need an updating. "former assistant" is actually "my best friend from NY since I was 19." Painful stuff.
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https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/297740585945686017
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Lady GaGa "rants under oath"
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She really is “The Fame Monster. Lady Gaga unloaded on a former personal assistant who’s suing her for overtime pay — blasting the woman in a sworn deposition as a “f--king hood rat who is suing me for money that she didn’t earn.”
“She’s just — she thinks she’s just like the queen of the universe,” Gaga ranted, court records obtained by The Post show. “And, you know what, she didn’t want to be a slave to one, because in my work and what I do, I’m the queen of the universe every day.”
The “Born This Way” singer couldn’t maintain her poker face, either, shooting a nasty aside at ex-aide Jennifer O’Neill near the start of Gaga’s marathon, six-hour testimony in a Midtown Manhattan law office.
“Are you going to stare at me like a witch this whole time — honestly?” Gaga asked.
“Because this is going to be a long f--k ng day that you brought me here.”
Gaga even had some choice words for one of O’Neill’s lawyers, Paul Millus, at one point answering him: “No, no, no. Listen, listen, sir, if you’re going to ask me questions for the next five hours, I am going to tell you exactly what f--king happened, so that the judge can read on this transcript exactly what’s going on.”
Gaga’s foulmouthed assertions came in response to a 2011 suit filed in Manhattan federal court by O’Neill, who claims she’s owed overtime for serving at Gaga’s “beck and call” around the clock while the singer’s career skyrocketed between early 2009 and March 2011.
O’Neill says she put in 7,168 hours of unpaid overtime during two stints working for Gaga — who’s listed in the suit under her real name, Stefani Germanotta — and is owed more than $393,000, plus damages.
During her videotaped Aug. 6 deposition, Gaga said none of her employees get paid overtime, adding that O’Neill “knew exactly what she was getting into, and she knew there was no overtime, and I never paid her overtime the first time I hired her, so why would she be paid overtime the second time?”
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I see where the little monsters get their behaviour from
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Not sure if this is how it went down, but at least she's right when she says she doesn't owe that girl/woman anything besides what they agreed on in their contract.
Also, interesting how you only post part of the entire article...
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Gaga don't get held in contempt of court. 
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Originally posted by BadMonster
Not sure if this is how it went down, but at least she's right when she says she doesn't owe that girl/woman anything besides what they agreed on in their contract.
Also, interesting how you only post part of the entire article...
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If you'd like to post the rest, be my guest 
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Fight the power, fight the exploiter.
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Second part of the article 
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“This whole case is bulls--t, and you know it,” she added.
But under questioning, she conceded her decision not to pay overtime wasn’t based on labor laws, but is “actually based on a bubbly, good heart.”
“I’m quite wonderful to everybody that works for me, and I am completely aghast to what a disgusting human being that you have become to sue me like this,” she said.
“Because she slept in Egyptian cotton sheets every night, in five-star hotels, on private planes, eating caviar, partying with [photographer] Terry Richardson all night, wearing my clothes, asking YSL [Yves Saint Laurent] to send her free shoes without my permission, using my YSL discount without my permission.”
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Yeah, I'm sure we all expected Lady freakin Gaga - the larger than life diva from New York who is known for restraint - to not swear or get worked up through 5 hours of questioning thanks to a disgruntled employee and ex-friend suing her. 
Her delivery can be questioned, but she argues her case well.
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“I’m quite wonderful to everybody that works for me, and I am completely aghast to what a disgusting human being that you have become to sue me like this,” she said.
“Because she slept in Egyptian cotton sheets every night, in five-star hotels, on private planes, eating caviar, partying with [photographer] Terry Richardson all night, wearing my clothes, asking YSL [Yves Saint Laurent] to send her free shoes without my permission, using my YSL discount without my permission.
Gaga said O’Neill’s job, which paid $75,000 a year, “was essentially a favor, and Jennifer was majorly unqualified for it.””
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OMG!! BAD INFLUENCE!! CALLING SOMEONE A WITCH!!
 C'mon now that's hardly a insult. Sounds like something my 11 year old cousin would say, stop reaching with that "LM behavior" crap
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OMG!! BAD INFLUENCE!! CALLING SOMEONE A WITCH!!
C'mon now that's hardly a insult. Sounds like something my 11 year old cousin would say, stop reaching with that "LM behavior" crap |
Not you overlooking the second line of the article tho 
“f--king hood rat who is suing me for money that she didn’t earn.”
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"I'm the queen of the universe every day.”
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Not you overlooking the second line of the article tho
“f--king hood rat who is suing me for money that she didn’t earn.” |
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How can it be fake when it's in the NY Post.
@ you thinking they'd spend hours typing a piece of fiction
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Lady Gaga unloaded on a former personal assistant who’s suing her for overtime pay — blasting the woman in a sworn deposition as a “f--king hood rat who [...] thinks she’s just like the queen of the universe [...] and she didn’t want to be a slave to one, because in my work and what I do, I’m the queen of the universe every day.”
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Gaga calling her assistant a "f**king hood rat" and wanting her assistant to be a "slave?"
Sounds pretty racist, Lady Gaga. And don't you have a record called "ratchet" as well?
Interesting. Things are coming to the surface. Gaga's racism is REAL in the FIELD.
...Vin
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She went IN
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"I'm the queen of the universe every day.”
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That part killed me. 
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