Gaga sued.

Today it has been announced Lady Gaga is being sued for $3 million dollars for allegadley pocketing some of the profits made from the white “We Pray for Japan” wristbands the artist began to sell in order to help Japan after an earthquake and tsunami left the country crippled earlier this year.

The 25 year old pop starlet has been served with a federal class action lawsuit by a Detroit legal network. She is claimed to have inflated postage costs and of wrongly adding sales tax allowing her to profit from the seemingly philanthropic act. The lawsuit claims that fans were charged £2.50 for shipping when the actual cost was 30p.

The lawsuit itself was filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organisation (RICO) act, which in the past has been used to file Catholic sex abuse cases and criminality against the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.  Ari Kresch, a lawyer from the 1-800-Law-Firm who has filed the lawsuit said the lawsuit was filed after being contacted by Gaga fans who felt they have been cheated. The lawyer stated "Our intention via this lawsuit is to uncover any improprieties committed by Lady Gaga and appropriate the full donations assumed to the victims in Japan."

The singer has often been praised for her philanthropic efforts, being very vocal in her support of gay rights, even leading a gay march throughout Rome earlier this month as well as being named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine, based on her media visibility and social media popularity.

 "While we commend Lady Gaga for her philanthropic efforts, we want to ensure that claims that 'all proceeds will be donated to Japan's earthquake' are in fact true," said Alyson Oliver, an attorney for 1800LAWFIRM.

Gaga is yet to comment on the issue.