Beyoncé Ruins Christmas For Gate Five, Gets Sued

Software developer Gate Five was working on a dance game titled Starpower: Beyoncé that would allow players to perform along with the diva's greatest hits…at least until the game deal went awry between the two parties.

According to court docs, Gate Five claims the deal fell apart when Beyoncé "made an extortionate demand for entirely new compensation terms she wanted. When her maneuver backfired and drove away the financier (who found Ms. Carter too erratic to do business with), she pulled out of the project in breach of the agreement."

Ms. Knowles/Carter's demand for more money caused Gate Five to lay off employees and abandon development of the game, according to the developer. The lawsuit claims the diva's demands were "a bad faith breach of contract so callous that, on what appeared to be a whim, she destroyed Gate Five's business and drove 70 people into unemployment, the week before Christmas." The suit adds that her actions were "so unscrupulous that her then manager (who is also her father) renounced them."