Lady Gaga is being sued for $35M by her ex-producer, who is basically trying to claim he is the sole reason for her success. The man in question, named Rob Fusari, is also reported to have been romanitcally involved with Gaga. Sounds like someone's just bitter at being ditched by the popstar once she hit the bigtime...

Fusari, who is credited on Lady Gaga's debut album, 'The Fame', received cheques totalling $611,000 for his work, but believes he is entitled to more. So what exactly is this 'work' the poor man claims to have done for Gaga?

Just about everything, apparently. Here's a list of the work Fusari claims he deserves a few extra pennies for:

• Discovered her in March 2006 when she was performing under her real name, Stefani Germanotta - inviting her to his studio to play his piano (easy now)
  
  
• Spent several months "radically reshaping her approach" and transforming her into Lady Gaga - a name which, he alleges, she adopted at his suggestion.
  
  
•  Helped secure her a record deal with Interscope Records, which released 'The Fame' in 2008.
  
  
• Co-wrote the songs 'Paparazzi' and 'Beautiful, Dirty, Rich' included on her album 'The Fame'.

So he discovered her, created her, named her, song-wrote for her and shagged her. Next he'll be announcing he gave birth to her.