Lady Gaga is being sued for $10 million by the makers of Bratz dolls, claiming the singer sabotaged a deal to make a doll in her likeness that would play snippets of her music.
MGA Entertainment filed legal papers in New York saying the star caused "deliberate" delays to the release of a doll based on her image.
The toy company said Gaga's reluctance to approve the final doll designs is keeping millions in expected revenue from the fall shopping season and holding up orders from 10 countries. MGA is seeking more than $10 million in damages.
It claimed the doll was to due to be in shops for Christmas, but the pop star wanted the release held back to tie in with a new album, scheduled for 2013.
MGA said her refusal to sign off on the final doll designs is jeopardizing $28 million in expected revenue from the fall shopping season and holding up orders from 10 countries.
A spokeswoman for Lady Gaga told Bloomberg news that the singer had not seen the complaint and had no comment.
"This is a dispute between Universal Music Group's merchandising company and MGA," Amanda Silverman stated.
"There was no legitimate reason for dragging Lady Gaga into that dispute. Lady Gaga will vigorously defend MGA's ill-conceived lawsuit and is confident that she will prevail," she added.
In 2011, MGA Entertainment won $310m in damages from toy maker Mattel in a case about who owned the rights of the Bratz line of dolls.
