Leonard Cohen sues manager over his 'missing' $5m

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Leonard Cohen sues manager over his 'missing' $5m
By David Usborne in New York
Published: 18 August 2005

Leonard Cohen, the rock balladeer with a tone of mellow soulfulness, is apparently feeling less at one with his world after suing his former business manager of 17 years for allegedly bilking him of $5m (£2.8m).

Cohen was at the Mount Baldy Zen Centre east of Los Angeles when the alleged skimming began. The defendants are the former manager, Kelley Lynch, and a tax lawyer she introduced to the singer identified as Richard Westin.

The star, whose most famous songs include "Bird on a Wire", "Suzanne" and "The Future", fired Ms Lynch last October. The suit was filed on Monday in the Los Angeles superior court.

The filing said: "This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry: a business manager and professional advisers exploit an immensely talented artist's loyalty and trust through greed, self-dealing, concealment, knowing misrepresentation and reckless disregard for professional fiduciary duties."

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article306574.ece

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1. good luck mr cohen and yew shoulda watched yer own $$ - - >

have all the last 4 cohen cds and like the music and especially many lyrics.

but I am suprised that a 40 year veteran of the music industry could find himself in this spot.

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