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| 作者 | Gillis, C. ; Johnson, B. D. ; Macklem, K. |
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| 出處題名 | Maclean's |
| 卷期 | v.118 n.34 |
| 出版日期 | 2005 |
| 頁次 | 42 |
| 出版者 | Maclean Pub. Co. |
| 出版地 | Toronto, ON, Canada [多倫多, 安大略省, 加拿大] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Fraud; offenses against property; retirement income; scandals; swindling; swindlers; actions; defenses |
| 摘要 | This article discusses how musician Leonard Cohen was defrauded of his retirement funds by those he trusted. Take an iconic artist, mix in missing millions, hints of tantric sex, a lawsuit replete with other salacious details, and a ruptured relationship with a long-time, trusted associate, and you've got the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. Except in the case of Leonard Cohen, it's a true tale, with the bizarre twist of a Tibetan Buddhist suing a Zen Buddhist, Cohen. For the 70-year-old poet, singer and songwriter, it's a nasty, rapidly escalating legal battle that on the one hand accuses him of conspiracy and extortion, and on the other has him accusing both his highly trusted personal manager and long-time financial adviser -- the Tibetan Buddhist -- of gross mismanagement of his financial affairs. The conflict, which Cohen and others have tried to keep out of public view, has left him virtually broke -- he's had to take out a mortgage on his house to pay legal costs -- and facing a multi-million-dollar tax bill. Still, when he discovered last fall that his retirement funds, which he had thought amounted to more than |
| ISSN | 00249262 |
| 點閱次數 | 267 |
| 建檔日期 | 2006.09.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2012.03.15 |
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