Madonna is not intimidated by the lawsuit against her, and she is not sorry for what caused it to be filed in the first place.
The disappointed fans who filed a lawsuit after one of her Celebration Tour shows began several hours late have received some harsh comments from the singer.
Madonna is purportedly submitting a move to dismiss the lawsuit.
Madonna Finds Loophole in Lawsuit Against Her
A few months after the singer's December performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, which began at 10:30 p.m., concertgoers Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden filed a lawsuit against her.
According to them, the concert should have started at 8:30, or two whole hours earlier.
The duo argued it was a "wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices."
They claimed that even though they understood that Madonna had a health issue that caused the dates to be pushed from July to December, they still wouldn't have bought tickets to go if they knew how late the shows would end up starting.
They also said the circumstances are unfair, given how they paid $155.90 and $292.50 for tickets.
"History of Being Late" is Ground for Dismissal?
But despite being late, Madonna implied it's laughable that the fans would be irritated by it.
The singer's team also alleges that the fans cannot have bought the ticket thinking the show starts at a particular time because the show's details are only found on the tickets, provided they already purchased the same.
"Plaintiffs did not receive their tickets until after they decided to purchase and after they paid for the tickets. Therefore, they could not have seen, relied upon, or been injured by any allegedly false statements printed on the tickets when deciding to buy them," the filing stated.
"Nor do Plaintiffs allege any other allegedly false advertising that they purport to have relied upon in deciding to purchase their tickets. This alone requires dismissal of the Complaint in its entirety."
Madonna also allegedly thinks the plaintiffs contradicted themselves by claiming to be her fans who have watched her shows in the past and then now being disappointed that she was late.
If they were indeed fans, they should know that Madonna rarely starts her shows on time. Madonna's team even cited a since-deleted Facebook post shared by one of the plaintiffs saying that he "never missed a Madonna Tour," making this their sole basis for questioning the plaintiffs' credibility.
Why buy Madonna's tickets when they know of her history, right?
The thing is, is this a valid ground for dismissal?
