Americano 31,061 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Quote A onetime roommate and friend of Lady Gaga who claimed after serving as her personal assistant for more than a year that the pop singer cheated her out of overtime wages can tell her story to a jury in November, a judge said Tuesday. A jury can decide whether Gaga's demands left Jennifer O'Neill any personal time or whether she was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as she claimed in her 2011 lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe said. A trial is set for Nov. 4. (Gettin dat ARTPOP promo) O'Neill worked for the singer for one to two months in early 2009 and for 13 months beginning in February 2010, and the judge said both sides agree she was expected to be available as needed throughout each hour of each day. Gardephe ruled that O'Neill's "on-call" time potentially qualifies for overtime compensation. O'Neill said she was paid at a flat rate of about $50,000 annually when she was first hired and $75,000 annually the second time by the pop singer, who is estimated in a list published by Forbes magazine to have earned $80 million in the first six months of this year. Lawyers did not immediately comment. In his written decision, Gardephe noted that lawyers said Lady Gaga, listed in the litigation under her birth name  Stefani Germanotta  and O'Neill frequently slept in the same bed because O'Neill never had her own hotel room while on tour and was required to address Lady Gaga's needs throughout the night. O'Neill had testified in a deposition that if Lady Gaga was watching a DVD in the middle of the night and grew tired of it, she woke her up to take out and replace the DVD. "Every day is a work day for her, so every day is a work day for the rest of us," she said. "There is no, 'We're going to stay in, we're going to sleep.' There is no, 'Let's put on sweatpants and go out to the movies and be girlfriends.' It doesn't work like that," O'Neill said. In her deposition testimony, Lady Gaga had testified: "You don't get a schedule. You don't get a schedule that is like you punch in and you can play ... at your desk for four hours and then you punch out at the end of the day. This is when I need you, you're available." O'Neill had testified she was responsible for sometimes monitoring the singer's email and telephone communications and for handling all her luggage  generally 20 bags  including clothing, accessories, makeup and toiletries. She was also responsible for making sure that "special food" was available at every location and for making sure the singer arrived at performances on time and had ample time for hairstyling, makeup and voice warm-ups and that she appeared on stage on time, O'Neill said. She said she assisted with costume changes during performances and was responsible afterwards for arranging ice packs, tea and a shower, along with dinner and an exit from the venue. The judge noted that the women met after Lady Gaga moved into O'Neill's apartment building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan before 2008, when they became roommates and friends. O'Neill was offered a position as her personal assistant because they were friends and she had experience in the music industry, court papers said. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/lawsuit-lady-gaga-proceed-trial-20218837 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember 0 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandchildDavid 14 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 104,255 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 THAT GIF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
htrllllsem 14 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 She needs to leave earth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wonka 4 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Thank you for using that gif. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly 159 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 On 9/11/2013 at 1:54 AM, GrandchildDavid said: Sums up my reaction in one gif. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneyFameSex 1 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 poor gags Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfAntonio 8,021 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Jennifer needs to leave :roll: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman 6,108 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 It's so cute how she doesn't seem to understand that she was a personal assistant. What did she expect the job to be? You are supposed to personally assist someone. It's not that hard to understand... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperIz 7,338 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I guess she doesn't understand what being an assistant means... I hope it isn't true that Gaga mistreated her though. Human generated art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Lord Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 It's still going I see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Unicorn 440 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Ugh. This whole thing makes me sick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Space 14 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I get that she was her assistant, but the whole DVD thing is a bit much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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