Parsippany Music Producer Forced to Pay $7.3M to Lady Gaga's Talent Scout

Eight years after her career took off like a comet, the folks credited with finding the talented Stefani Germanotta – now known to the world as Lady Gaga – have finally settled on a payment associated with uncovering the diamond in the rough.

Wendy Starland, friend of Germanotta’s and the talent scout credited with finding the globally-recognized pop star, will receive $7.3 million from Rob Fusari, Gaga’s first music producer.

It was Gaga herself who helped Starland’s case against Fusari, according to the northjersey.com, when she testified that the scout and producer initially agreed to a 50/50 cut on future earnings made by the musician.

The lawsuit was filed by Starland in 2010, just as Fusari was settling his own contract lawsuit against Gaga where the producer was asking for $30 million, the report said. The size of that settlement was not revealed.

Starland found Germanotta in 2006 and brought her to Fusari’s studio in Parsippany when she was just 20-years-old, the report said.