Minnelli accuses husband of theft
Liza Minnelli has sued estranged husband David Gest for at least $2m (€1.7m), claiming that he stole from her.
Minnelli’s lawsuit, filed in Manhattan court, says she and her representatives question Gest’s expense deductions from money she earned in performances that he produced, or in which he acted as her agent.
Minnelli’s lawsuit is a counterclaim after Gest sued her in October for $10 million (€9m) for allegedly beating him severely.
Minnelli, 57, sued Gest for divorce the following day, and Gest, 50, countersued for divorce within the past two weeks.
His lawyer, Raoul Felder, denied that Gest stole anything from Minnelli, 57. Felder said his client had in fact “laid out millions of dollars” to produce his wife’s shows and ultimately had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Minnelli and Gest married on March 16, 2002, at a celebrity-studded ceremony at which Michael Jackson was best man and Elizabeth Taylor maid of honour. They separated last July.
