Madonna Settles NYC Neighbor’s Suit Over Noise

Court records showed Karen George’s lawsuit against the singer and their building was settled as of Wednesday. Lawyers for Madonna and the building’s co-op board would say only the matter was resolved. George’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call.

George, whose apartment is upstairs from Madonna’s in a building overlooking Central Park, had said the dance and exercise routines subjected neighbors to “blaring music, stomping and shaking walls”for up to three hours a day. George was driven from her apartment at times by the “unbearable” noise and vibrations, according to her lawsuit, filed in 2009. It sought unspecified damages.

Madonna took steps to dampen the sound in 2009, but George said they didn’t work, according to an August court ruling that turned down the singer’s effort to dismiss the lawsuit. George had said the building board acknowledged her complaints but ultimately didn’t crack down because it didn’t want trouble with Madonna.

Madonna and the board had said the noise never topped legal levels. The singer also said this March she’d built a studio elsewhere and wasn’t using the apartment for musical moves anymore.

Madonna moved into the building after she was rejected in 1985 by the board at another ritzy Manhattan co-op, the San Remo, where U2 frontman Bono has an apartment.