LOS ANGELES (CNS) — "Jackass" film creator Bam Margera Monday filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully fired from the upcoming "Jackass Forever" movie by Hollywood studios and producers so they could steal the popular and lucrative movie franchise and not compensate him.

Margera and his loan-out company, Bam Margera, Inc., filed the lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Paramount Pictures, MTV, Jeffrey Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Dickhouse Entertainment, Gorilla Flicks and others.

The complaint alleges "inhumane, abusive and discriminatory treatment of plaintiff Margera" and that he was wrongfully fired from the "Jackass" franchise he created.

The suit's allegations include retaliation, fraud, violations of the state Fair Employment and Housing and Unruh Civil Rights acts, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Margera seeks millions of dollars in damages as well as preliminary and permanent injunctions to prevent the film's scheduled Oct. 22 release.

A Paramount Pictures representative could not be immediately reached.

"While Margera has given Jackass quite literally more than two decades worth of his blood, sweat and tears, the defendants have not repaid him in kind," said his attorney, Eric M. George. "Rather, Margera, who has a documented history of mental health issues, including diagnosed bipolar disorder, has been the victim of unconscionable discrimination at the hands of defendants."

Margera said he is "angry, hurt and shattered" that Knoxville, Jonze and the studios and producers "ripped off my creativity, content and stunts to make this movie, fired me without justification and refuse to pay for my work."

Margera said the lawsuit is not just about money.

"It's about treating people with mental health and addiction issues in an honest manner and not taking advantage of their disabilities to rip them off," Margera said.

The suit says that in March 2020, Paramount executed a contract with Margera for a fourth Jackass film. They conditioned Margera's participation and compensation on his adherence to a wellness agreement that Jonze and Knoxville accosted him and coerced him into signing while he was in a rehabilitation facility in 2019.

Margera signed the agreement after the pair told him that if he refused, he would be cut from all future installments of the Jackass films, the suit alleges.

The wellness agreement obligated Margera to complete multiple daily drug tests at any hour of the day or night, the suit says.

Defendants' wrongful termination of Margera stems from the fact that one of the numerous drug tests Margera was forced to submit to demonstrated that he was taking prescription Adderall. The defendants knew Margera took Adderall to treat his attention deficit disorder and that he had been on the medication for several years, but Paramount fired him without a chance to explain, according to the lawsuit.

The suit says Margera was the only "Jackass" star fired for taking medication that he was prescribed.