Tyler Perry is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a disgruntled songwriter after allegedly using a gospel track on his hit TV show Meet the Browns without permission.
Johnny Tyrone Stringfield filed legal papers in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday (03Feb10), after hearing characters on the comedy show reciting lyrics to his song I Got Away in a 2009 episode.
Stringfield claims he copyrighted the song in 2008 and was never approached by Perry or producers of Meet The Browns for his approval.
He is suing Perry and the star's TV bosses for more than $100,000 (£62,500) in damages, reports TMZ.com.
Perry has enjoyed major box office success with his movies such as Why Did I Get Married?, Madea Goes to Jail and I Can Do Bad All by Myself.
With his success in both TV and movies Perry is one of Hollywood's highest paid men in Hollywood.
He returns to the big screen later this year with Why Did I Get Married Too?, which he directs as well as stars in.
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