Will Lady Gaga cross the picket lines in a Lower East Side hipster stand-off over The Box nightclub?
Mother Monster famously began her career in the dives of the Downtown neighborhood.
Now one of her haunts, The Box, is under fire after it was accused in a lawsuit of allowing men to sexually harass one of its bottle girls.
And Page Six hears that the “Bad Romance” star is being made to choose sides, with scenesters begging her to cancel plans to host her sister’s bachelorette party there next week.
The late-night club, which is known for its extremely risque and often scatological stage shows, has been open since 2007 and has hosted stars including Zoe Kravitz, Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus.
A lawsuit filed by a former staffer in 2022 claims that managers “ordered and coerced female waitresses,
performers, and employees to dress provocatively and travel throughout New York City in order
to lure male customers to… The Box, where they would be serviced with sexual acts,
sexual intercourse, drugs, and excessive alcohol by other female employees who had been forced
to perform these acts.”
The court papers alleges that the bosses “forced these female employees to do this with promises to
them of money, advancement, access to wealthy and celebrity clients, and career advancement.
The female employees were threatened with termination or loss of their shifts if they did not
comply.”
(A Patch story about the suit claims that the defendants denied these claims).
The case is still working its way through the courts.
But we’re told the Lower East Side nightlife set are still riven by the claims, with one insider telling us scene-y sort “are urging Gaga to cancel the party.”
Natalia, a fashion designer responsible for many of the singer’s stage looks, is engaged to photographer Alex Dolan.
They’re expected to get hitched in Maine in early June.
Reps for The Box and Lagy Gaga didn’t get back to us.
