A woman accused in connection with the theft of Lady Gaga’s dogs is suing the pop star for failing to pay the $500,000 reward owed to her for returning the French bulldogs two days after the incident in which Gaga’s Dog walker sustained a gunshot wound.
According to Los Angeles County Superior Court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Jennifer McBride, who is among five people charged in connection with the violent abduction of Gaga’s dogs Koji and Gustav, is taking legal action against the 13-time Grammy Award winner , for not paying the hefty reward she claims she deserves for giving up the dogs.
Doorbell cam footage captured Lady Gaga’s French bulldog robbery. (Anonymously via Storyful/Getty)
Gaga’s dogs were stolen in a February 2021 robbery in which her assistant was shot in the chest. Two days later, McBride claimed she found the dogs tied to a pole and demanded Lady Gaga’s $500,000 reward offer. Los Angeles police discovered she was romantically involved with the father of one of the men involved in the robbery and arrested both of them as an accessory to attempted murder. She did not plead a charge of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to two years of probation in December 2022, the LA Times reported.
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Despite her involvement, McBride’s attorney argued in Friday’s filing that because Gaga offered a $500,000 reward “no questions asked” to anyone who returned her dogs, she “cheated” McBride “by making a promise.” made without any intention to perform”.
Celebrity Sightings in New York – May 12, 2015 NEW YORK, NY – MAY 12: Lady Gaga seen leaving her apartment with her dog Koji on May 12, 2015 in New York City. (MPI67/Bauer-Griffin/GC images)
The lawsuit also reportedly alleges that McBride has suffered damages, pain and suffering, mental anguish and loss of zest for life as a result of not receiving the reward money.
James Howard Jackson, one of three men involved in the violent robbery, was sentenced to 21 years in prison after he shot Ryan Fischer during the robbery. Another suspect, Jaylin Keyshawn White, 20, was sentenced to four years in state prison.
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Fischer, who suffered from a collapsed lung from the shooting, said at Jackson’s sentencing that the violent robbery caused him a “loss of career, friendships” and “completely changed” his life.