Jennifer O’Neill Of Long Island Sues Stefani Germanotta Lady Gaga’s Touring Company For Overtime Pay

Report: Lady Gaga’s Former Personal Assistant Sues For $380,000 In Overtime Pay

December 25, 2011 2:04 PM

Lady Gaga performs onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2010 live show at at the Odyssey Arena on November 6, 2011 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

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Jennifer O'Neill, Lady Gaga, Lawsuit

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island woman is suing Lady Gaga’s touring company for $380,000, according to a report.

Jennifer O’Neill says she worked for more than a year as Gaga’s personal assistant during the pop star’s 2010 Monster’s Ball tour.

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According to the New York Post, O’Neill says there were no breaks for meals or “even sleep” and she was required for “spontaneous, random matters in the middle of the night.”

O’Neill estimates she worked 7,168 hours of unpaid overtime. Her base salary was $75,000.

A spokeswoman for Lady Gaga told the post the lawsuit was “completely without merit.”

What do you make of the lawsuit? Sound off in our comments section.

Sue Smith

As an agent for celebrity personal assistants, I can tell you now that overtime should have been negotiated first.

remind me…

…never to hire you as MY AGENT. we have labor laws in this state and they don’t require an agent to negotiate them.

overtime?

what’s overtime?
soshaljustic

You know you are headed know where but down when you cheat your staff out of wages, treat them like dirt, no longer no what the word “humility” means and cannot get your own towel, oh yeah, your xmas gift to ur fans includes base and vulgar epitaphs because you cannot think of anything else to write about. WOW!
Time to sleep on the street and get a life. Fight for the little people again, instead of degrading, denigrating, and cheating us all out of what you think we are worth, just like another politician. Mahalo GG.l