DAVID GEST - GEST TO APPEAL DOMESTIC ABUSE RULING

GEST TO APPEAL DOMESTIC ABUSE RULING

LATEST: DAVID GEST has vowed to appeal against the court ruling which threw out his $10 million (GBP5.1 million) lawsuit accusing estranged wife LIZA MINNELLI of domestic abuse during their two-year marriage. The record producer split from the CABARET star in 2003, and the pair have been embroiled in a bitter divorce battle since. In a civil lawsuit Gest claimed his estranged wife beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalised but the case was dismissed in September (06) when Minnelli's medical expert made it clear Gest's much publicised headaches were caused by a strain of herpes. He denies having the disease. Gest says, "We have strong medical evidence which the judge overruled. I have five witnesses but the judge would not let a jury hear the evidence. "So we are appealing and we are going to see her in court."