Mark Burnett, the man behind CBC’s reality series “Survivor” and “The Apprentice” has been sued by his former business partner Conrad Riggs for allegedly breaching their partnership agreement and screwing him out of a massive amount of profit.

Conrad Riggs filled a 13-count complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking $70 million in damages for his work on “Survivor,” “The Apprentice,” “The Restaurant,” “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” and “Rock Star: INXS.”

In his complaint, Riggs claims that his longtime business partner has breached their 10-year-old oral agreement to share all revenue 90-10. He claims he was promised 10% of the profits from Burnett and Co., but Burnett stopped paying him in February 2007.

“Their joint efforts have… generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues,” the lawsuit says. “While Burnett deserves much of the creative credit, Riggs played a crucial role in the financial success of the enterprise,” the lawsuit states, according to the Associated Press.

Riggs claims Burnett stopped payments and blocked Riggs’ access to financial information about the business in February 2007 and by April Riggs was evicted from the company’s offices. Riggs worked for Walt Disney when he met Burnett, who was trying to elaborate the “Survivor” concept.

According to TMZ.com, Riggs said he had helped Burnett to negotiate deals for Burnett’s shows and that “he encouraged Burnett to pitch ‘Survivor’ as if he were telling a story around a campfire – in a way that would allow network executives to visualize the feel and attraction of the show,” a move which helped Burnett sell the show.