KARACHI: Lady Gaga and her management team have been sued for $10 million by a toy manufacturer which claims she has deliberately delayed the release of a doll of herself.
The “Bad Romance” hit-maker and her management and licensing companies have been accused by MGA Entertainment of making an eleventh hour request to remove a voice chip from a doll made in her likeness, hence, jeopardizing its delivery to stores in time for Christmas.
The company claims Gaga acted in bad faith as she wanted to put the release of the doll on hold until her new album and perfume launch in 2013.
According to the media reports , MGA said those around her had “engaged in intentional and
deliberate delays” to the doll - which Gaga reportedly wanted to have a removable head which
revealed a bloody stump and a “supermodel” like face with a “sharp jaw-line” and “cat-eyes”.
In its Manhattan Supreme Court suit, MGA charged Gaga and her team “engaged in intentional
and deliberate delays” to prevent it from meeting its summer deadline with distributors.
The company claims it has already advanced the singer’s licensing company, the Bravado
International Group, $1 million for the rights to make the doll.
However, Gaga’s spokesperson Amanda Silverman has said her lawyers have not seen the court
papers.
“Lady Gaga will vigorously defend MGA's ill-conceived lawsuit and is confident that she will
prevail,” Silverman said.
The representative added the actual dispute was between MGA and Bravado, part of Gaga’s
record label Universal - and there was “no legitimate reason” to bring her into the issue.
Besides the damages, the company is also requesting it can distribute the doll in its
current format.
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