Be A Heavy Metal Lover In Lady Gaga's 11th Thread

[zoomzoom]

Yeaa I'm not sure how much credibility a lawyer from "1-800-LAW-FIRM" has...

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

lol yeah, at first I thought wow, but now I'm more like yeh whatever

[slobro]

Lady Gaga's response

Lady Gaga: Wristband Lawsuit 'Without Merit'

7:53pm UK, Tuesday June 28, 2011

Jane Witherspoon, entertainment correspondent
Lady Gaga says a lawsuit accusing her of pocketing cash from the sale of charity wristbands is "misguided" and "without merit".

Lady Gaga pictured during a news conference of the MTV video Music Aid Japan event in Tokyo

Lady Gaga publicises a concert for victims of the Japan tsunami and earthquake

The wristbands were designed to raise money for the Japanese earthquake relief effort.

The $5 (£3.13) items are sold on the Poker Face star’s website which states "All proceeds go directly to Japan relief efforts".

Detroit-based 1-800-LAW-FIRM has filed the lawsuit claiming the singer has profited from the sales and overcharged customers for postage and packaging.

But Lady Gaga said: "This misguided lawsuit is without merit and unfortunately takes attention away from the kind deeds of the fans around the world who are supporting the people of Japan.

"The entire $5 donation made with the purchase of each bracelet is going to support the disaster relief.

Lady Gaga wears a wristband with the words We Pray for Japan

Lady Gaga pictured wearing one of her wristbands

"No profit is being made on shipping costs. Sales tax charges were made in accordance with local legal requirements.

"Lady Gaga has personally pledged her own funds to this cause and continues to support the victims of the disaster."

Legal investigator David Darby said: "It all stems from the fact that people who order the wristbands from an online store were charged tax. Why did this raise a red flag?

"Well, charitable donations are not subject to taxation. So if all proceeds from the sale of those wristbands were actually going to help the relief effort, then there would have been no need to charge tax."

Efforts are ongoing in Japan to rebuild areas of the country following the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in March. Lady Gaga has reportedly donated £2m to help.

Sarah Miller from the Charity Commission told Sky News that there is a code of conduct for setting up charities and they should be transparent about costs.

It is a shame that this might tarnish the goodwill but it remains to be seen and it may be that everything is fine and dandy.

Music journalist Chris Roberts

She said: "There are always costs attached to fundraising.

"It is important that people realise there will be some cost but it is good for charities to be able to explain exactly where money is going so people can make informed decisions about how they can help."

Many charities rely on celebrities to raise their profile as well as cash.

Music journalist Chris Roberts said Lady Gaga's association with Japan's relief effort will have boosted charitable donations.

He said: "You would be deeply grateful to have a celebrity of the magnitude of Lady Gaga on board so that will certainly have helped the cause.

"It is a shame that this might tarnish the goodwill but it remains to be seen and it may be that everything is fine and dandy.

Blegh, '1-800-LAW-FIRM' is clearly doing this for publicity. Gaga should totally counter sue them for libel and defamation.

[Yukitora]

^Who is he scamming? If he's right, he'll do the world a lot of good. If he's wrong, then he bares the loss.

Just because he questions an act of good will of a well meaning superstar, does not make him a scumbag.

[koumori]

^ They have no evidence They're basically saying they're filing a lawsuit just because the charity itself she's linked to isn't revealing more details about where the money is going, which charities usually don't do at all anyway. They're using her name as a headline-grabber; old news.

[Minttulatte]

I'm seriously lolling for the whole thing. Why do they want to know where the charity money is going anyway? Why is it even that important? It goes for JAPAN, that's a perfect answer and that's all I personally need to know lol.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Can someone give me a too long; didn't read version of that post? lol

[koumori]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

Can someone give me a too long; didn't read version of that post? lol

tl;dr: Gaga rejects claims about cashing in on her charity bracelets, her agent insisting:

"The entire $5 donation made with the purchase of each bracelet is going to support the disaster relief. No profit is being made on shipping costs. Sales tax charges were made in accordance with local legal requirements. Lady Gaga has personally pledged her own funds to this cause and continues to support the victims of the disaster."

Also he mentioned this all stemmed from people who ordered online being made to pay tax, which is per standard with legal requirements and Gaga nor any of her staff or management made any money from her charity bracelets for Japan.

EDIT: Main quote from Gaga: "This misguided lawsuit is without merit and unfortunately takes attention away from the kind deeds of the fans around the world who are supporting the people of Japan."

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

I'm sort of a fan, so I'm not sure why, but why do fans hate Luc Carl?

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by ComatoseBunnySnatcher

I'm sort of a fan, so I'm not sure why, but why do fans hate Luc Carl?

I don't know all the facts but I've heard he put her down before she was famous and told her she'd never make it and then turned around and kissed her ass when she succeeded.

[Yukitora]

I don't dislike him, but his haircut and style is kinda bleugh.

Glad LG finally made a response

[JackieRos]

I never even heard of that guy lmao

[koumori]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

I never even heard of that guy lmao

I think it's her ex-boyfriend, she's referenced him a lot in her songs (not by name). I could be wrong but Someone can correct me if that's the case.

[AyUta]

Never heard of him either. I for sure know she's giving everything for Japan, she's doing everything in her power to raise money for those who have been hit hard .

[CHE.R.RY]

I find it hard to believe Gaga would be so selfish ...so I'm pretty confident this guy has no basis whatsoever. People are always trying to make celebs look bad especially if it includes $$$.

[Yukitora]

Lüc Carl is who Yoü and I is written after. Lüc is from Nebraska and owns a bar and has a blog called "The Drunken Diet" Gaga has plugged during interviews lol.

[RayJason]

Originally Posted by Utadayumi

Her new album Born this Way is awesome but I liked Judas the most on the album.

Judas is also the track I like the most on that album.

The traditional ranting:
I think that the cover art is simply HORRIBLE. I mean like which *@#& directed the cover shoot? She looks like a devil.

And also; the videoclip for Born This Way is also very stupid, It's such an cheery song, and in the clip she is popping aliens out... I thought that her weird view of fashion was ok (not really ok, but yeah) and now she is overdoing it.

Anyway, the only track I really listen a lot is Judas.

[NintendoHTF1242]

^ She's giving birth to a new race that doesn't judge people, etc. in the video. Although the birth scenes were hard for me to watch XD

[JackieRos]

^invalid excuse is invalid.

Those parts are weird I just like the dancing parts.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

^invalid excuse is invalid.

Those parts are weird I just like the dancing parts.

It's not an excuse, it's the official explanation Gaga gave?