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Lady Gaga will stand trial in court in a legal case with a former assistant, who claims the 'Applause' star owes her thousands for unpaid hours of work.
Ex-employee Jennifer O'Neil claims she worked 7,168 unpaid hours during her time on the road with Gaga on her Monster Ball tour in 2010. She claims she is owed $380,000 for her work on the tour.
O'Neill, Lady Gaga's former PA, claims that she was so integral to Gaga's life that she would only leave her side so that she could have her photograph taken. In fact, O'Neill wants to use unpublished photographs of Gaga taken by Terry Richardson to prove this fact.
However, Gaga has refused permission for the photos to be used in court, saying that they are "private and personal". O'Neill, however, has told the Manhattan Federal Court that Gaga's exhibitionist side renders her right to privacy as invalid.
O'Neill is suing Gaga for work done during her Monsters Ball tour (above)
According to documents revealed by The Sun newpaper in 2012, O'Neill's court papers claim that: "[Lady Gaga exposes] herself in all manner of bizarre and intimate ways for the world to see every day."
As well as O'Neill's belief that: "I was frequently at Ms Germanotta's side, often ready with coffee and/or water, from dusk to dawn. I was glued to Ms Germanotta to such an extent that at one point I was asked to step back so that I would not be in the way during photoshoots."
Lady Gaga stated in her deposition that O'Neil was a 'fucking hood rat' and claims she failed in her duties as a PA by making her carry her own luggage, which she found stressful.
Below: more photos from Lady Gaga's Monsters Ball tour
