Britney hit with lawsuit over Crossroads

Britney Spears has been slapped with a $30m (€22.5m) lawsuit over her 2002 movie debut Crossroads, by a man who claims his idea for the film was stolen.

The Toxic singer is being sued along with Paramount Pictures and MTV by Christopher Merrill, who alleges the movie is substantially similar to a script he submitted, called Dream Alive long before Crossroads' release.