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Gaga’s PA case to proceed to court
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 12 September 2013
The legal battle between Lady Gaga and her one time personal assistant will proceed to court, a judge has ruled, giving Jennifer O’Neill the opportunity to present her claims against the popstar before a jury.
As previously reported, O’Neill claims that when she worked as Gaga’s assistant in 2010 she was expected to work 24/7 for the singer, but wasn’t paid overtime. On that basis she reckons she is due 7168 hours of overtime pay, or $380,000.
In a deposition published by the New York Post earlier this year Gaga called the case “bullshit”, saying that O’Neill was paid well, wasn’t great at her job, and exploited her association with the star during her year of employment. The singer added that while O’Neill was pretty much on call 24/7, her actual working hours overall weren’t unreasonable.
But either way, O’Neill’s allegations will now be aired in court, with a hearing set to kick off on 4 Nov. And however the court battle ends up, there are likely to be revelations about Gaga behind the scenes that the popstress would rather not be shared in public.