Lady Gaga Sued for Scamming Japan Earthquake Charity

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted Jun 27th 2011 11:35AM

From gay rights to disaster relief, Lady Gaga is always at the forefront of activism or charity outreach, but now, one law firm is crying false when it comes to Gaga's Japan earthquake relief efforts.

A Southfield, Michigan based law firm, 1-800-LAW-FIRM, recently filed a class action lawsuit against mother monster for pocketing a portion of the proceeds from the sale of her 'We Pray For Japan' wristbands, benefiting relief for Japan's March earthquake -- proceeds gathered from customers who assumed their money was going directly to Japan.

"I'm suing Lady Gaga simply to hold her accountable for giving the money that she was raising for charity to the cause that she was trying to raise it for," 1-800-LAW-FIRM attorney, Ari Kresch, told Radar Online.

Gaga sold the earthquake relief wristbands for $5, charged $3.99 for shipping and handling and tacked on an added $0.60 in taxes. The only problem? According to the law firm, Gaga exaggerated her costs and pocketed more than just her initial investment in the charity bracelets.

The firm's automated phone message states that they have "uncovered evidence" that not all of the proceeds were in fact donated to relief efforts and that Gaga's initial statements regarding the relief bracelets were "false." The message also urges those who purchased one or more bracelet to join the lawsuit.

So is Gaga guilty of scamming her own charity or is the seeming park bench law firm just hoping to get some publicity out of the suit? Either way, these lawyers are giving Gaga's poker face a run for her money.

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Monday 27 June

By mike

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all her gay fans are pissed right now!!

By hank

well maybe she recovered her money and some but do you really believe the other charities are not doing exactly the saME THING FROM RED CROSS TO SALVATION ARMY ET AL? SOUNDS LIKE A GANG OF RIGHT WING SHISTERS OUT TO MAKE MONEY AT gAGA'S EXPENSE

By Bo

Don't know what a "gaga" is. Is this one of those shemales from new york?

By Elizabeth Middleford

I don't believe Lady Gaga would do something like this. Not to mention a place with a name like 1-800-LAWSUIT doesn't sound reputable or credible in the slightest.

Friday 08 July

By 1800lawfirm

It would be great to live in a world where we could believe that because someone is in the public eye he/she would never need extra money or mislead anyone.

Tuesday 28 June

By comrade x

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I wouldn`t put it past her.

By ljw

guilty send her to Iraq in one of her half nude costumes and let the muslims handle it.

By Pete

I'm not a fan of the interesting Lady Gaga but I just hope this is not true about her.

By hello

where there ya go and there ya have it

By mary

I wouldnt put anything against Lady Caca,she is a nut case.

By Roscoe

She was the highest paid woman in the us this yr 92 million hum makes ya wonder

By RevenBVH

Unfortunately charities and disasters are big money. Its a business. The Red Cross was selling water in Iowa to disaster victims. So where did your donation go.. Haiti, Katrina, those people suffered. What did they do with our donations? then you can easily look at fear and healthcare, billions of dollars 40 years no cure for anything... Especially the scarey one Cancer, Nothing 0. If there was no money in it all of these so called stars wouldn't do it. Wake up...

By sev

so gaga is a thief??? why am I not surprised?

By ashley

@diane your ignorant

By blip

Filthy

By t

If she did, I am disappointed in her. When someone that is making tons of money can't give all of it to the charity, including the money that they put into it, they shouldn't be doing any funds. and it is against the law to charge taxes to people that are not in taxable states, so that doesn't sit well with me and won't be buying anything that I have to pay taxes on for some other state.

By LST

All I know is she keeps getting more & more ugly, and each time I see her face, I want to puke.

By fliingv

she took that money to get a desperately needed nose job

By Bud Maxwell

Well, I imagine she WAS going to give all the money to the Japan earthquake thing, but then she remembered reading about that Dec. 7th 1941 Pearl Harbor sneak attack, and said: "Aw, to hell with them!" LOL

By Charles

She or it is soo disgusting. Of course she knew everything. She is not even creative or unique. This lady caca individual is a blatant rip off of Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons from back in the early 80's. Look for Missing Persons videos for Right Now, Give, WOrds, Destination Unknown and u will see where this caca lady stole her act. AS of late she is copying Cyndi Laupers hair.
she needs to be put in a cage . Sorry lady ur are nothign but caca

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