Shocking Twist: Lady Gaga Exempted from Paying $500,000 Reward in Dognapping Case!

Lady Gaga will not be required to pay the $500,000 reward she offered for the safe return of her French bulldogs, as ruled by a Los Angeles County Judge on Monday. The judge determined that Jennifer McBride, one of the suspects involved in the 2021 dognapping incident that resulted in Gaga's dog walker being injured by a gunshot, was ineligible for the reward due to her questionable actions.

"Despite the Plaintiff claiming that her intention was to safeguard the bulldogs (along with collecting a sum of $500,000.00), this stated motive does not invalidate her culpability in the accusation, as she has acknowledged receiving the stolen dogs with full awareness that they were unlawfully obtained," declared the verdict.

Following the formal charges brought against McBride in the dognapping case in April 2021, she initiated a lawsuit in 2022 against Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, alleging that the singer disregarded an agreement stipulating that the reward money would be granted with "no questions asked" regarding the return of her canines.

The lawsuit included fraud based on false promise and misrepresentation as grounds for damages. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office stated that McBride is currently serving a two-year probation sentence after confessing to receiving stolen property worth over $950.

Initially, she faced charges of being an accessory after the fact and receiving stolen property. However, the accessory after the fact charge was later dropped in conjunction with a plea agreement. CNN has contacted both McBride and Gagas lawyers for their statements.