Leonard Cohen sues former manager

Singer Leonard Cohen has accused his former business manager of taking $5m (£2.7m) from his savings accounts while he spent time in a Buddhist monastery. Mr Cohen, 70, alleges that Kelley Lynch took millions from his accounts while he was at the Mount Baldy Zen Centre, in California, between 1994 and 1999. Ms Lynch, who was sacked in late 2004, had been his manager for 17 years. The legal action also names tax lawyer Richard Westin, whom Ms Lynch allegedly hired to help her defraud Mr Cohen. "This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry," said Mr Cohen's attorney, Scott Edelman. [photo: Neal Preston - Corbis, taken November 10, 1995 in Mount Baldy, California]