Apr 4
Madonna's Lawyers Address Lateness Lawsuit, and They Don't Hold Back
Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.
65th GRAMMY Awards - Show
The Queen of Pop is not for all the commentary about her lateness during her critically-acclaimed "Celebration" tour. In fact, her lawyers are firing back at the plaintiffs involved in the class action lawsuit filed after she was very late to one of her New York City shows.
As reported by Billboard, Madonna's lawyers urge the judge to dismiss the case on Wednesday and pointed out some fairly reasonable arguments.
First, the argument of needing to "get up early to go to work" the next day is not a legal "injury."
"Plaintiffs speculate that ticketholders who left the venue after 1 a.m. might have had trouble getting a ride home or might have needed to wake up early the next day for work," wrote Madonna's lawyers. "That is not a cognizable injury."
Second, Madonna in no way shape or form advertised when exactly she would be coming on stage.
"Nowhere did Defendants advertise that Madonna would take the stage at 8.30 p.m., and no reasonable concertgoer – and certainly no Madonna fan – would expect the headline act at a major arena concert to take the stage at the ticketed event time," wrote Madge's lawyers.
And, they added, "Rather, a reasonable concertgoer would understand that the venue's doors will open at or before the ticketed time, one or more opening acts may perform while attendees arrive and make their way to their seats and before the headline act takes the stage, and the headline act will take the stage later in the evening."
Madonna's lawyers took note that the filing plaintiffs, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, had a great time at the show and posted as much.
Hadden allegedly "raved" about the show and posted that the concert was "incredible, as always!"
Madonna's lawyers, added, "In other words, the concert met or exceeded his expectations."
Sounds like they just need to celebrate that they got to see the Queen and leave the rest behind.
