Jennifer Lopez sued over World of Dance TV show

The man, who is named Alvin Gray-El, reportedly filed a federal lawsuit this week against JLo, NBC and famed choreographer Debbie Allen.

Alvin Gray-El is claiming WoD is a total rip from an idea he first pitched to renowned choreographer Debbie Allen.

According to another court documents obtained by The Blast, Gray-El also claims he came up with the idea for a show called Let’s Start the Dance back in 2009. He alleges to have faxed a letter to Debbie Allen and her production company in an effort to see if she was interested in producing the show.

Gray-El claims he never heard back from her. In 2010, Gray-El says he had the show registered with the US Copyright Office.

Years later Gray-El claims he discovered World of Dance was in the works at NBC in 2017. He says he tried to contact NBC to notify them of the copyright infringement but says he didn’t get a reply.

Gray-El is asking for $5 million in actual damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages.

But a source reportedly told Page Six on Tuesday that Jennifer Lopez didn’t come up with the idea herself. the source also explained that World of Dance began as an organisation that existed prior to the show’s creation and that NBC brought the idea to Lopez.