SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2015 Taylor Swift sues radio host for groping op superstar Taylor Swift has demand- that KYGO-FM, a country music station, fired ed a trial of a radio host she accuses of him two days later after Swift’s camp warned Pgroping her, saying she hopes to stand of action unless the station “handled” the up for other women who have been assault- radio host. ed. The singer asked for the trial in a legal Swift, who became a teenage star in coun- counterclaim against David Mueller, who last try music, a year ago released her fifth studio month sued the singer as he charged he was album “1989,” in which she went more fully in wrongly dismissed from his job at a Denver a pop direction. “1989” has been one of the radio station over the June 2013 incident. most successful albums in recent years, rack- In the original lawsuit, Mueller said that ing up the fastest first-week sales in the Swift’s bodyguards and staff “verbally United States since 2002. — AFP abused” him as they accused the radio host of fondling the singer while posing for a picture backstage before her show at a Denver arena. But in the response filed Wednesday in a Singer Justin Bieber on stage during a concert in Oslo. — AFP Denver court, Swift said that Mueller was clearly the culprit and accused him of reach- ing under her skirt and touching her in an “intimate” place. Bieber walks off stage “Ms Swift was forced to begin a several- hour long concert in front of 13,000 fans still distressed that she had been so inappropri- ately touched,” the legal filing said. The coun- at ‘fiasco’ concert terclaim said that Swift, then 23, felt especial- ly uncomfortable as the radio host was much orwegian media on Friday blasted a while newspaper Adresseavisen called it a “tear- larger than her at 6-foot-3 and more than 200 Justin Bieber concert in Oslo as a “fiasco” ful drama”. Bieber later apologized on Instagram. pounds. Nafter the Canadian pop star walked off “Sadly it’s been a rough week for me, long Swift requested a jury trial seeking puni- the stage after just one song, leaving his teenage days no sleep,” he wrote. “In no way did I mean tive damages from Mueller, saying that any fans stunned and in tears. The 21-year-old put an to come across mean... I don’t always handle money would be donated to charitable abrupt end to his concert on Thursday evening things the right way but I’m human and I’m groups that protect women. A verdict against after performing his hit song “Boyfriend”, fed up working on getting better,” he added. Mueller “will serve as an example to other with fans throwing water on the stage. “Unfortunately people were affected by this as women who may resist publicly reliving simi- Footage shot by fans’ smartphones shows am I. For the people in the back I am so sorry and lar outrageous and humiliating acts,” the Bieber mopping the stage with a shirt and trying for anyone I may have disappointed I’m sorry.” counterclaim said. to reason with the young fans in the front row Bieber once enjoyed a squeaky clean image Swift said that she has held thousands of throwing the water. “Never mind. I’m done. I’m but has more recently had run-ins with the law, similar meet-and-greet events for fans and not doing the show,” he said before stomping including the alleged assault in 2013 of a limou- radio station personnel throughout her career off the stage, removing his sweatshirt and sine driver, who announced earlier this year that and “she has been inappropriately groped throwing it on the ground. he is suing the singer. Bieber has twice been one time-by Mueller.” Mueller’s lawyers did Norwegian media gave the story wide play ordered to take anger management classes-once not immediately respond to the counterclaim. on Friday, replaying the video clips of the inci- after admitting to taking part in an illegal drag In the original lawsuit, Mueller acknowl- dent over and over again and interviewing cry- race on a Miami street, and once for throwing edged an incident took place but blamed it ing girls who had attended the show for about eggs at the home of a neighbor, for which he on one of his colleagues, who he said had In this Aug22, 2015, file photo, Taylor Swift 1,000 people. Channel TV2, which organized the was handed two years’ probation. — AFP boasted to him of grabbing Swift’s bottom performs during the “1989” world tour at concert, termed it a “scandal” and a “fiasco”, while taking a picture. Mueller’s lawsuit said Staples Center in Los Angeles. Lady Gaga gets jazzy at AIDS research tribute ady Gaga is continuing her jazzy period. The enter- Roberts, Angela Bassett, Matt Bomer and Cheyenne tainer performed an hour-long jazz set Thursday at Jackson. Murphy may have been the guest of honor, but Lthe American Foundation for AIDS Research’s trib- Gaga was the reigning diva. She wore a long dusty pink ute to Ryan Murphy. “I love Ryan so much, and I’m so, so gown with floor-sweeping kimono sleeves, an intricate happy to be here,” said Gaga, who stars on the current diamond collar, and a platinum blonde beehive. season of the writer-director’s FX hit, “American Horror “You know, there are a lot of gentlemen here, but Story.” nobody’s offered me a glass of Champagne yet,” she said “He’s really my friend and he’s a wonderful person,” from the stage. Someone brought her a glass, which she she said. Gaga dedicated the ‘60s standard “Call Me drank in one swallow. Gaga performed “Bang Bang (My Irresponsible” to Murphy, who was the guest of honor at Baby Shot Me Down),” which she recorded for her 2014 amfAR’s Los Angeles Inspiration Gala. Murphy pledged album with Tony Bennett, “Cheek to Cheek.” to serve as “a lifelong ambassador” for the organization, She played piano as she sang her new single, “Til it which aims to find a cure for AIDS by 2020. Happens to You,” a song she co-wrote with Diane Warren Murphy said the evening raised $3.1 million toward for the 2015 documentary “The Hunting Ground.” Gaga that goal. Gaga contributed to the total during a live auc- said her performance was inspired by Murphy. For her tion conducted by Sharon Stone. Gaga bid a winning closing number, Gaga ditched her dress for a tuxedo $200,000 on a photograph of Elizabeth Taylor flipping jacket and not much else. She sang “La Vie en Rose” - in the bird. Cuba Gooding, Jr. engaged in a brief bidding French. — AP war with billionaire Barry Diller for a pair of platinum dia- mond earrings. Diller won with $60,000. Lady Gaga and executive producer/director/writer Ryan Murphy arrive at the Gwyneth Paltrow hosted the fundraiser at Milk Los Angeles premiere screening of “American Horror Story: Hotel” at Regal Studios, which also included appearances by Julia Cinemas Los Angeles. — AP