Just last month, her former boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari settled his $30 million lawsuit against the superstar. Now, the singer songwriter Wendy Starland who says she introduced Fusari to the future Lady Gaga, is seeking to get her share.
Starland filed suit on Friday in Newark Federal Court claiming that in 2005, Fusari asked her 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.” Starland says Fusari promised her that “if she could find and introduce him to such a singer, they would work together to develop the singer and share equally in any revenues earned as a result.” Starland says she agreed to those terms — and discovered the unique singer that Fusari was after, Stefani Germanotta, eight months later at a performance at The Cutting Room in New York City. Starland claims she introduced Germanotta to Fusari pursuant to their oral agreement and collaborated on songs, Germanotta’s musical style and her artistic development. But in May 2006, when Fusari entered into an agreement to pursue a record contract for Germanotta, Starland says she was cut out of the deal. After Germanotta signed a record contract with a major label, Starland says she again asked Fusari if he would share any revenues he received from his relationship with the star. She says Fusari agreed to do so but never did. She claims she hasn’t received any compensation from Fusari for her efforts in helping to discover Lady Gaga. She’s suing him and his company for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment and quantum meruit.
So far, Fusari has yet to comment on her allegations.
Source: Kai Falkenberg Forbes
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