Lady Gaga does not have to pay a $500,000 (£410,000) reward to a woman who returned her dogs after they were stolen in 2021, a US judge has ruled.
Jennifer McBride previously sued the star for the “no questions asked” reward, plus $1.5m (£1.2m) in damages.
But the judge said Ms McBride couldn’t claim the money because her role in returning the star’s dogs had led to a conviction of receiving stolen goods.
She argued she was just making sure the two bulldogs were returned safely.
Ms McBride’s lawyer said the singer and actress had committed a breach of contract and fraud by not paying up following their return.
But in a ruling this week, Judge Holly J Fujie said Ms McBride was “not entitled to thereafter benefit from their wrongdoing by seeking to enforce the contract”.
