Snoop Dogg in bizarre legal tussle

Snoop Dogg has found himself at the centre of a bizarre legal battle regarding his son's football team.

The rapper is being sued in a row over plans to make a reality series based around the rapper's involvement in the Snoop Youth Football League Foundation.

New York-based Natural Resources Media and Technology Group has filed a suit against the Foundation over an alleged deal made for a series chronicling his involvement. According to Reuters, Natural Resources bought exclusive pay-per-view, cable and home video rights for the project in exchange for $100,000 production costs last June.

The series would have followed the progress of the 9-12 year olds training in the run-up to a 'Snooperbowl'.

But when Fox learned of the production they informed all parties that the deal violated their exclusive rights to portray Snoop in any motion picture or television production based on the star's involvement with his son's football teams and leagues.

The studio is already developing scripts for a film project 'Coach Snoop', claiming "Fox has already made a huge investment in our project and if you continue to move forward with your television project in violation of Fox's rights, it will severely impact the viability of our theatrical motion picture".

Natural Resources halted production, but claim that Snoop was in breach of the contract because he had not owned the rights that his foundation had licensed. They are seeking $250,000 damages.

Fox is not named as a defendant in the suit.