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*NSYNC Face $10million Lawsuit

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Justin Timberlake's former band *NSYNC, along with their label Jive Records, are being accused of ripping off a song by an, until now, unknown singer-songwriter - right down to the song title.

In a lawsuit filed yesterday in a Las Vegas Federal Court, a musician named Troy Alexander (or 'Royal T') alleges that he played Jive Records a demo tape including the song ‘Up Against the Wall’ back in 1990.

According to the lawsuit, Jive signed *NSYNC a few years later, who then released a song in 2001 "substantially similar" to Alexander's work. The song featured on the hit album 'Celebrity' and 'kept' the same title.

A rep for Jive told TMZ that they were not aware of the claim and had not been served with any papers.


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