Liza: The Rat Stole From Me

Liza Minnelli has sued estranged husband David Gest for at least $2 million, claiming that he stole from her.

Minnelli's lawsuit, filed in a 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.

The filing, posted on Court TV's The Smoking Gun Web site, describes Minnelli's lawsuit as a counterclaim because Gest sued her in October for $10 million for allegedly beating him severely.

Minelli, 57, sued Gest for divorce the following day, and Gest, 50, countersued for divorce within the past two weeks.

His lawyer, Raoul Felder, on Monday 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 March 16, 2002, at a celebrity-studded ceremony that featured best man Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor as maid of honor. They separated last July.