Lady Gaga is refusing to pay the half-million dollar reward she promised at the time to anyone who could help her retrieve the two French Bulldogs that were temporarily taken from her in 2021. The singer then assured that she would not ask any awkward questions should she return. She is said to give them to their beloved pets, but it has now become clear that he will not pass this sum on to the woman named Jennifer McBride, who ended up caring for the animals for two days , after they were kidnapped at gunpoint on an outing, a police station revealed they were out walking with their zoo keeper, who nearly lost his life in the incident.
In February, Jennifer McBride sued the artist for breach of contract, fraud for making false promises and providing false information to claim said reward, and the star has now filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that the woman was part of the original conspiracy to steal her the animals.
“Plaintiff Jennifer McBride purports to profit from her involvement in a crime. The law does not allow anyone to commit a crime and then profit from it.”
McBride claims she acted like a Good Samaritan who just happened to find the dogs on the street and had “no idea” they were part of the protagonist of “A Star Is Born,” but Gaga’s lawyers offer a different version of the facts differently, assuring that she was a “direct and knowing participant in the criminal enterprise” organized to take away her puppies, Koji and Gustav.
In December, McBride was sentenced to two years’ probation after pleading not guilty to a count of accepting stolen property. She claims that she fulfilled her obligation under the bounty contract, but had no intention of paying Gaga.
The singer is also being asked to pay her attorney’s fees and compensation for financial damages, emotional distress and loss of quality of life, but Gaga’s team argues that she was not harmed by the dogs’ return. The hearing on the dismissal motion is scheduled for July 10.