Ed Sheeran Sues After He's BANNED From Pocketing Any Money From 20m Hit Shape Of You

Pop star, Ed Sheeran is reportedly suing after he was banned from receiving any royalties from his hit, Shape of You. .....

The song is reported to have racked up £20 million since being released in January last year – however, Ed has not seen a penny since May 10, following a complaint from a singer who accused him of plaigarism.

According to musician Sam Chokri –who uses stage name Sami Switch – large parts of the tune have been directly copied from his 2015 song, entitled, Oh Why.

The performer has won the approval of the Performing Rights Society, who decided to put profits from Ed's hit "into suspense" in May following the accusation.

This means that Ed has made no money from his son being broadcast on the radio, or performed.

However, Ed has now disputed the decision, with his lawyers telling London's High Court that the actions are "damaging reputationally" and have affected Ed's impressive "revenue streams".

They are hoping that the high court will rule that Ed did not copy the music after all, and are asking for compensation.

OK! Online have contacted Ed's representative for comment.

Sami Switch first flagged the similarities between Oh Why and Shape of You in September, when his lawyers wrote to Sony record label.

They said: “It quite clearly includes a substantial part of ‘Oh Why’ and our clients have ample factual evidence.”

Additionally, Sami Switch contacted a musicologist to confirm that their songs had notable similarities, flagging tonality, chorus structures and harmonic progression.

But Ed's legal team insist that the musician's claims are "false" and Ed's people added that he had “no recollection of ever having heard of Sami Swich, or Oh Why."

This isn't the only legal battle Ed is fighting at the moment, after it emerged that he was being sued a whopping £76.4 million over claims that he had copied elements of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On in his tune, Thinking Out Loud.