A Los Angeles-based Latino record label has sued Univision Music for more than $10 million, claiming the Spanish-language company tried to financially crush the music firm after it spurned an alleged scheme to bribe radio stations into prominently airing Univision’s music, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Platino Records’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleged that executives at Univision Music drove down Platino’s sales after the firm’s owner, Alberto Mitchell, refused to participate.

Platino’s lawsuit was the second in recent months to assert that executives at Univision Music, part of Univision Communications, tried in 2006 to bribe executives at several undisclosed Latin radio stations in Los Angeles to get better play for songs recorded by Univision’s top artists. Univision declined to comment.

The suit comes at a delicate time. Univision Communications’ new owners, including Los Angeles billionaire Haim Saban, are selling Univision Music, which commands about 37% of the Latin music market.

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