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                <p>LONDON (Reuters) – Pop singer Lady Gaga has threatened to sue a specialist ice cream parlour in London for naming its breast milk ice cream "Baby Gaga," the shop's owner said on Wednesday.</p>
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Matt O'Connor, founder of The Icecreamists in London's Covent Garden, said he had received a letter from Lady Gaga's lawyers informing him that the singer planned to sue him over the name.</p>
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"She's threatening to bankrupt us and she's also threatening me personally, saying she'll seize my personal assets and property," he said.</p>
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Lady Gaga's London solicitors, Mishcon de Reya, said they would not comment.</p>
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O'Connor denied the flamboyant singer -- whose meat dress and other strange outfits have promoted her quirky image and delighted her fans -- had inspired the name he chose for the dessert made from breast milk blended with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest.</p>
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"It's just the first noise a baby makes -- it's nothing to do with anyone else," he said, adding that he was working on a response to the letter.</p>
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London's Westminster Council briefly confiscated supplies of "Baby Gaga" ice cream last week on health concerns, but gave it the all-clear on Wednesday.</p>
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"We're pleased that the safety checks we've undertaken on the products have come back clear," Westminster Council's cabinet member for business Brian Connell said in a statement.</p>
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O'Connor told Reuters he was considering taking legal action against the council for reputational damage.</p>
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"They made the damaging assertion that breast milk ice cream isn't safe," he said, adding that it was an overreaction to the safest food in the world.</p>
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(Reporting by Michelle Martin; editing by Patricia Reaney)</p>
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