Rob Fusari says he wants another trial in a case in which he was trying to prevent talent scout Wendy Starland from taking the multi-million dollar cut of the profits he made from Gaga
He claims Gaga's 'highly inflammatory' words made jury members hate him so much they didn't take the rest of the evidence into account.
Fusari, 47, maintains the judge in a New Jersey federal court should never have admitted 28-year-old Gaga's deposition - especially the parts where her words made him look so bad that, he claims, the jury ignored the facts of the case.
Now the latest court battle with Starland - who wants half of the money Fusari made from his connection with Lady Gaga - has reignited the animosity between the Poker Face singer and the man who helped write her first album, The Fame.
Gaga said in her deposition that she believed Fusari and Starland planned to split money they earned from her career down the middle.
'My understanding was that Wendy and him had initially agreed upon 50/50 perhaps before Wendy ever found me,' she said.
'After I was signed to Rob and made music Rob began to change his mind.
'Rob told me himself. Wendy told me herself,' Gaga, 28, continued. 'They both spoke of the deal – agreement – in front of me.'
But in the new papers, Fusari said the superstar's testimony should never have been allowed.
Before the case with Starland even started Fusari tried to stop Gaga testifying, saying she had previously made statements that 'impermissably [sic] attack Fusari's character in general.'
And he said the jury would be starstruck by her presence. 'It will be impossible to find even one potential juror who is unaware of the star,' he said, saying they were all likely to be influenced by her presence in court.
So he's not saying Gaga lied but just that her testimony should not be allowed?
His court documents for the new trial:
And I don't think one can sue for that kind of thing. That being said, I doubt this will work. I know double jeopardy (basically, you can't be tried for the same thing twice) is in play in criminal court, but I have a feeling a similar thing is in civil disputes like this.
Where the **** was I?