A new reality television show about the life of actor and martial arts expert Steven Seagal has become the subject of a federal lawsuit.

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Seagal rose to fame in the 1990s as an action star. The show, titled Steven Seagal: Lawman, due to air later this year on A&E, focuses on the 57-year-old actor’s real life experiences as a deputy sheriff in Louisiana.

A&E Television Networks sued California-based Genuine Entertainment on Monday, claiming that Genuine has wrongly asserted the idea for the reality show was stolen from Genuine by A&E after a series of meetings between the two parties.